Heat is on, but power isn’t: Houston residents frustrated as widespread outages continue after Hurricane Beryl

Heat is on, but power isn’t: Houston residents frustrated as widespread outages continue after Hurricane Beryl

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.

Bryan Norcross: Beryl heads past Houston taking dangerous flash flooding and wind threat north

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.