HOUSTON: “Texas Braces for Hurricane Beryl’s Coastal Impact”, Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Monday, July 8, hitting the southern coast of Texas. The storm prompted evacuations in some areas due to concerns about flooding and potential power outages. Authorities and residents braced for the impact as emergency measures were put in place to ensure safety amid the severe weather conditions.
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Hurricane Beryl struck the town of Matagorda with wind speeds reaching 130 km/h.
“Life-threatening storm surge and strong winds are occurring, with significant flash and urban flooding expected,” warned the NHC in its latest bulletin on Monday.
The National Weather Service issued a tornado alert for parts of Texas, including Houston, home to 2.3 million people.
“We have to take Beryl very, very seriously. Our worst enemy is complacency,” warned Houston Mayor John Whitmire.
The mayor said he wanted residents in Houston “to know the conditions that you go to sleep under tonight will not be the same that you wake up to in the morning.”
Several areas along the Texas coast were under hurricane and storm warnings on Sunday. Matagorda, situated between the port city of Corpus Christi and Galveston Island, was the anticipated landfall location for Hurricane Beryl.
