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The ferocious winds have died down, and the floodwaters have started to recede in East Texas two days after historic Hurricane Beryl made landfall, but the danger is far from over for the more than 1.6 million utility customers who remain in the dark and without air conditioning as the brutal heat and humidity continue.
The remnants of Hurricane Beryl produced tornadoes and flooding across the Ohio Valley on Tuesday, with several twisters spotted in the Hoosier State.
A motorcyclist died on Saturday after riding through Death Valley National Park when the high was 128 degrees.
A man was found stranded on the roof of his truck as floodwaters continued to rise in the Houston area on Monday after Hurricane Beryl crashed ashore along the central Texas coast.
Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, about 80 miles southwest of Houston, early this morning. Top winds were estimated at 80 mph when the center of the broad eye-like feature crossed the coast. Storm surge at the official gauges ranged between 3 and 4 feet above the normal high tide level. We won't know the official numbers until a coastal inspection is complete.
Monday's sunrise revealed wide-spread damage on the Texas Gulf Coast hours after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, sending storm surge into coastal communities and knocking out power to over 2 million people.
Powerful winds and intense rainfall are battering Houston, and officials are warning everyone to take cover as Beryl moves inland across the city Monday morning.
Beryl slammed into the Texas coast Monday morning, unleashing hurricane-force wind, widespread power outages and flash flooding. Video from near where the storm made landfall shows Beryl's destructive power.
Hurricane Beryl crashed ashore along the central Texas coast early Monday morning, pummeling the area with 90 mph wind gusts that brought life-threatening storm surge, widespread damage, and knocking out power to well over 2 million people while leaving at least several dead.
Evacuation orders were issued north of Santa Barbara over the weekend for the Lake Fire. CAL FIRE reported the fire had burned more than 18,000 acres since it began on July 5.