These 14 Photos Show Hurricane Beryl's Intense Wrath On Texas
1.On Monday, Hurricane Beryl arrived in Southeast Texas.
A car drives through a flooded street in Spring.
2.The hurricane hit the Lone Star State as a Category 1 storm.
A lamppost was broken in Galveston after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area.
3.Beryl came to Texas as a notably weakened but still powerful storm, having reached its peak as a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic last week. According to the New York Times, Beryl stormed several Caribbean countries as a Category 4 storm, including Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Jamaica.
An uprooted tree tore up a lawn, altered fencing, and blocked a street in Houston.
4.On Friday, Beryl then arrived on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula as a Category 2 storm.
A tree was uprooted and a street flooded in Houston.
5.Beryl's rainfall and wind hit areas of the state's eastern Gulf Shore before extending to the Greater Houston metro area:
Flood water pooled at an underpass in Houston.
6.Beryl first made landfall in the coastal area of Matagorda, southwest of Houston. Debris blocked a lane on Matagorda's FM 2031, a road running alongside the Colorado River that connects a peninsula to mainland Texas:
7.A structure sitting at the top of a trailer was also damaged in the area:
8.Winds whipped through Bay City:
9.Flood water overtook some streets in Houston:
10.According to the Houston Chronicle, over 2 million people or businesses in Houston were without power as of Monday afternoon.
Construction toppled a power line in Houston.
11.A street sign came loose in Spring, Texas, north of Houston:
12.A tow truck helped a vehicle out of water in Rosenberg, Texas:
13.According to NBC News, the National Hurricane Center downgraded Beryl to a tropical storm midday Monday.
A fallen tree covered a truck in Houston.
14.Finally, the remnants of Beryl are expected to move northeast through the United States over the next few days, with parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio in the possible path of rainfall and wind.
A tow truck passes a flooded street in Rosenberg, Texas.
