Tropical Storm Beryl unleashed heavy rains and powerful winds along the Texas coast on Monday, knocking out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses and flooding streets with fast-rising waters as first responders raced to rescue stranded residents.
Beryl had already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean before making a turn, sweeping ashore as a Category 1 hurricane in Texas early Monday, then later weakening to a tropical storm. At least two people were killed. The National Hurricane Center said damaging winds and flash flooding will continue as Beryl continues pushing inland.
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A man walks down the middle of a flooded road as Hurricane Beryl wanes on Monday, July 8, 2024 in Galveston. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
A man picks up trash cans that had floated off their stands at a self-serve carwash in Galveston as Hurricane Beryl wanes on Monday, July 8, 2024. (Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Jackie Jecmenek, right, talks with city worker Bobby Head as she stands in front of her neighbor's home after Beryl passed, Monday, July 8, 2024, in Bay City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A tattered flag tips in the wind after Beryl moved through the area, Monday, July 8, 2024, in Matagorda, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
A horse runs through a flooded field after Hurricane Beryl moved through the area, Monday, July 8, 2024, in Matagorda, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Alex Dezeda walks his dog Sydney across the buckled sidewalk next to roots of a century old tree that was uprooted by hurricane Beryl, Monday, July 8, 2024, in Galveston, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
A vehicle is stranded in high waters on a flooded highway in Houston, Monday, July 8, 2024, after Beryl came ashore in Texas as a hurricane and dumped heavy rains along the coast. (AP Photo/Juan A. Lozano)
A vehicle is stranded in high waters on a flooded highway in Houston, Monday, July 8, 2024, after Beryl came ashore in Texas as a hurricane and dumped heavy rains along the coast.
(AP Photo/Juan A. Lozano)
A vehicle is stranded in high waters on a flooded highway in Houston, Monday, July 8, 2024, after Beryl came ashore in Texas as a hurricane and dumped heavy rains along the coast. (AP Photo/Juan A. Lozano)