Video shows alligator swimming in flood waters in eastern Texas neighboorhood
Video posted on social media today shows an alligator swimming in flood waters in a neighborhood in Missouri City, Texas.
The alligator could be seen swimming near in flood waters that surrounded homes in the area, and where residents were trying to secure their boats from sailing away.
Tornado touches down in eastern Texas
A tornado touched down in Jasper, Texas, this afternoon, according to city officials.
The tornado, which impacted the western part of the city, caused damage to power lines and buildings.
“We have power outages all over town, and we don’t have an estimated time when they will be restored,” the City of Jasper said in a Facebook post. “Watch out for down power lines; always treat a power line as if it’s live.”
The city shared a video showing downed trees in the road and heavy rain.
‘We probably would’ve been killed’: Woman describes surviving tree falling on her home
A woman and her husband say they’re luck to have survived after a massive tree fell on their home Sunday night in Wharton, Texas.
Sarah Glass said she was sheltering in the living room of the home with her husband when the lights went out. Glass went to the bedroom and her husband went outside to check the generator.
Later, she heard a “big crash” as she was walking into the kitchen.
“The ceiling had fallen in, and the — you can see the tree branches and the studs and everything were broken and they’re all kind of spiky inside the house,” Glass told NBC News.
Glass said had the generator not stopped working, they would’ve stayed in the living room, which was hit by the tree.
“We probably would have been killed,” she said.
Two people were killed today in Harris County, Texas, when trees fell on their homes, a 53-year-old man and a 74-year–old woman.
Photos of damage from Hurricane Beryl across Texas
Beryl came ashore in Texas as a hurricane and dumped heavy rains along the coast Monday.
‘Very hazardous’ conditions persist in eastern Texas
“Very hazardous” conditions including life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds and heavy rainfall that can cause flooding continue to affect eastern Texas, the National Hurricane Center said in an update this afternoon.
Beryl, which weakened from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm after making landfall on the Texas coast, is about 45 miles northwest of Houston. The storm has maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and is moving northeast at 13 mph, the hurricane center said.
Beryl is the first July hurricane to make landfall in Texas in 4 years
When Beryl made landfall as a hurricane, it became the first July hurricane landfall in Texas since Hanna in 2020 and only the 10th July Texas hurricane to make landfall since records began in 1851.
Beryl is also the earliest calendar year landfalling hurricane in Texas since Bonnie landed on June 26, 1986.
This is Day 13 of tracking Beryl. It left Africa as an easterly wave on June 25, became a named storm on June 29 and a hurricane on June 30.
Hundreds of Texas flights canceled, including 80% out of Houston
The storm is leading to hundreds of canceled flights into and out of Texas on Monday, including approximately 529 out of Houston’s George Bush International Airport — fully 80% of all flights originating there.
According to FlightAware data, an additional 125 have been canceled out of Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport, or about 60% of its outbound flights.
Among airlines, United was seeing the biggest impact, with 405 flights canceled, followed by Southwest at 270; Mesa with 198; and CommuteAir with 143.
Only about 51% of all scheduled U.S. flights were departing on time Monday, according to Anuvu, another flight tracking site.
74-year-old woman killed after tree falls onto house in Harris County
A 74-year-old woman was killed this morning after a tree fell through the roof of her room in Harris County, Texas, according to the Harris County Constable’s Office.
This is the second death reported in Harris County since Beryl made landfall in the state this morning as a Category 1 hurricane. The other fatality was a 53-year-old man who died after a tree fell on a house, officials said.
Beryl has claimed the lives of at least 11 people since last week, including nine across the Caribbean.
Tornado watch issued for parts of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas
A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas until 10 p.m. CT, according to the National Weather Service.
Beryl downgraded to tropical storm
Beryl has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it continues to move over eastern Texas, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The storm made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the Texas coast early this morning but has since weakened. Beryl continues to bring “life-threatening storm surge, damaging wind gusts, and flooding rainfall” to the southeast of the state, per the hurricane center.
Beryl is currently 20 miles west of Houston with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph with higher gusts. It’s moving northeastward at 13 mph.