Coastal Storms | Extreme Weather
July 12, 2024
Photos: Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast as Category 1 storm – the Washington Post
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Hurricane Beryl headed to Texas after hitting Mexico and leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean.
Hurricane Beryl is approaching western parts of Houston after making landfall near Matagorda around 4 a.m. Monday, the National Hurricane Center said. Beryl strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane as it was approaching Texas, after it tore through parts of the Caribbean, where it killed at least 11 people, wrecked homes and toppled power lines.
Image above: Beryl makes landfall in Texas: After tearing through the Caribbean and the Yucatan Peninsula, Hurricane Beryl swept ashore over the Gulf Coast of Texas on July 8, 2024. The Category 1 storm had sustained winds of up to 80 miles (129 kilometers) per hour at landfall and brought high gusts and heavy rain to the Houston area (Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory, public domain).
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