Hurricane Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast

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Hurricane Beryl is forecast to bring dangerous storm surge after making landfall in Texas on Monday. Image by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

July 8 (UPI) -- Hurricane Beryl made landfall along the southeastern coast of Texas early Monday morning as a Category 1 storm.

The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in its 7 a.m. CDT Monday update. The storm was located 45 miles north-northeast of Matagorda, Texas, and about 40 miles southwest of Houston, the NHC said.

It was moving north at about 12 mph.

Hurricane warnings were in effect for the Texas coast from Mesquite Bay to Port Bolivar.

A tropical storm warnings was issued for the Texas coast north of Port Bolivar to Sabine Pass.

A storm surge warning was in effect for Mesquite Bay to Sabine Pass, including Matagorda Bay and Galveston Bay.

Beryl is forecast to bring with it a "dangerous storm surge, flash flooding and strong winds," the NHC said.

After making landfall, "significant weakening is expected" as it turns northeastward and moves farther inland over eastern Texas and Arkansas late Monday and Tuesday.

Beryl will be the first storm to make U.S. landfall during the 2024 hurricane season, which began on June 1. It was also the earliest Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic on record.

Rainfall of 5 to 10 inches with a localized amount of 15 inches is expected across portions of the Texas Gulf Coast and eastern Texas beginning late Sunday through the middle of next week.

Since 1850, more than 50 hurricanes have made landfall in Texas.

The last one was when Nicholas, a Category 1 hurricane, came ashore in Matagorda County in 2021.

Beryl made landfall about 5 north of Tulum in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula at 6:05 a.m. Friday as a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. Around 1,170 temporary shelters were installed in the area, according to a news release Thursday from the state's government.

At least nine people have died from Beryl: two in Jamaica, three in Venezuela, three in Grenada and one person in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

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