Residents assess a fallen tree in their neighborhood after Hurricane Beryl swept through an area in Houston on Monday. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Hurricane Beryl pummeled the Texas coastline as a Category 1 storm on Monday, bringing with it life-threatening winds and major power outages before weakening to a tropical storm.
Wind speeds were reported as high as 80 mph, and flood warnings were issued across several areas of the Texas coast. Four deaths were reported in Texas, and the storm knocked out power to more than 2 million customers in Southeastern Texas.
Last week, Beryl emerged as the earliest Category 5 storm on record in the Atlantic, sweeping a path of damage in the eastern Caribbean and Jamaica before crossing into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. At least 11 people were reported killed in the Caribbean.
Here's a look at Beryl's destructive path through the Caribbean and up to the United States:
A vehicle is left abandoned in floodwaters on a highway after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on Monday in Houston. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
A tattered American flag flies in the wind after Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, on Monday. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
Jeff Reding 57, looks at damage to the Holiday Inn resort after Hurricane Beryl hit Galveston, Texas, on Monday. (Rich Matthews/Reuters)
People stand beneath a knocked-down metal structure in El Campo, Texas, on Monday. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters)
A flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in El Campo, Texas, on Monday. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters)
Debris blocks a main access road in Matagorda, Texas, on Monday. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
A home is surrounded by floodwaters in Houston on Monday. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
People hide behind a car to shield themselves from wind and rain as they film videos for social media in Bay City, Texas, on Monday. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
A fallen tree lies on a car in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in Ganado, Texas, on Monday. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters)
A gas station in Edna, Texas, suffered hurricane damage to its roof on Monday. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters)
Vehicles sit in floodwaters in Houston on Monday. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Debris and floodwaters cover the main roadway in Surfside Beach, Texas, on Monday. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
A police officer fights fierce winds from Hurricane Beryl as he searches for occupants of an overturned semi-trailer truck in Freeport, Texas on July 8, 2024. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
A U.S. flag near a trailer home left overturned by Hurricane Beryl winds in Surfside Beach, Texas. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
Clyde George, left, and his son Chris George board up their home ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Beryl on July 7, in Port O'Connor, Texas. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
A homeless couple prepare to seek shelter ahead of Tropical Storm Beryl's arrival on July 7, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
A message for Beryl on a boarded-up business on July 7, in Rock Port, Texas, as the storm moved closer to the Texas coast. (Eric Gay/AP)
A tree blocks a street in Kingston, Jamaica, on July 4 after Hurricane Beryl barreled through. (Leo Hudson/AP)
Debris and the remnants of a damaged house on Friday in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. (Maria Alejandra Cardona/Reuters)
A tree uprooted by Hurricane Beryl lies on a street in Tulum, Mexico, on Friday. (Fernando Llano/AP)
A fisherman looks at fishing vessels damaged by Hurricane Beryl at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados. (Ricardo Mazalan/AP)
A sailboat damaged by Hurricane Beryl submerged on one side in Kingston, Jamaica, on Thursday. (Leo Hudson/AP)
Property damaged by Hurricane Beryl in Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on Tuesday. (Agency for Public Information, St. Vincent and the Grenadines/via Reuters)
Scattered debris and houses with missing roofs, from a drone photo after Hurricane Beryl passed the island of Petite Martinique, Grenada, on Tuesday. (Arthur Daniel/Reuters)
A toppled tree on the roof of a house in Kingstown, the capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (Lucanus Ollivierre/AP)
Fishermen with boats damaged by Hurricane Beryl at Bridgetown Fisheries, Barbados. (Ricardo Mazalan/AP)
A home destroyed by Hurricane Beryl in Ottley Hall, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (Lucanus Ollivierre/AP)
Members of the Barbados armed forces clear a street of sand after it was flooded by seawater. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
Boats in the water after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. (Andrea De Silva/Reuters)
Waves crash into a seawall after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. (Andrea De Silva/Reuters)
A man clears water from a damaged restaurant in Christ Church, Barbados. (Randy Brooks/AFP via Getty Images)
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