Hurricane Beryl downgraded to tropical storm after hitting Texas with 100 mph winds: Live tracking updates

Authorities urged people to remain vigilant for “deadly dangers,” including downed power lines and flooded areas, which remained along the Texas coast as of Monday afternoon.

According to NOAA’s storm update as of 4 p.m. local time, water levels are expected to remain high along Galveston Bay and along the Texas coast from Port O’Connor to Sabine Pass.

According to the National Hurricane Center, multiple tornadoes were possible across East Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas Monday night.

The center warned that the risk of tornadoes could reach southeastern Missouri, northern Tennessee, Kentucky, southern Illinois, southern Indiana and Ohio on Tuesday.

Flash flooding is also expected in east Texas and western Louisiana as Beryl continues to batter the region.

More than 2 million Texans were left without power after a tropical storm pounded the Houston area on Monday afternoon.

“We barely slept,” Eva Costancio, 67, told The Associated Press.

A tree downed power lines in her neighborhood in Rosenberg, a Houston suburb.

He said he lost power for about four hours on Monday and was worried the food in his refrigerator would spoil.

“We’re struggling to get food and to lose that food is difficult,” she said.

Beryl raged through Texas, causing power outages to millions of customers.

The agency warns about carbon monoxide poisoning from using backup generators.

The National Hurricane Center also advised people to be on the lookout for downed power lines and flooding.

“Remember,” the center writes, “historically, nearly half of all hurricane deaths occur after the hurricane has passed.”

A 53-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman were killed when a tree fell on their home during Hurricane Beryl in Texas.

According to the Harris County Police Precinct 4, a grandson called 911 to report a tree had fallen on the roof of his grandmother’s home in Harris County. An investigation is ongoing.

Also on Monday morning, a 53-year-old man, who has not been named, was sitting with his family in their home in Humble, Texas, when an oak tree fell on the roof, striking the rafters and causing the building to collapse on him, authorities said. The man’s wife and child were not injured.

The tragedy comes as Beryl’s high winds and flash flooding continue to batter Texas, leaving more than 2 million people without power in the state.

The National Hurricane Center said wind speeds of up to 81 mph were gusting into east Texas, and warned of “extremely dangerous conditions” in the region.

A 53-year-old man was killed when a tree fell on his suburban Houston home during Hurricane Beryl, authorities said.

Authorities in Harris County, Texas, said Monday morning that a man, whose name has not been released, was killed after being crushed under debris, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

The 53-year-old man was reportedly weathering the storm with his family at their home along the 20900 block of Heather Grove Court in Kings River Village, Humble, Texas, when an oak tree fell onto the roof, striking the rafters and causing the structure to collapse on the man, the sheriff said.

His wife and children are unharmed.

Gonzalez said firefighters were on scene and were en route to the home.

Beryl made landfall in Texas on Monday morning after wreaking havoc across the Caribbean. The storm brought wind gusts of more than 100 mph and a dangerous storm surge to the Lone Star State. Videos and photos posted to social media showed high winds battering homes and uprooting trees.

More than 2 million customers are without power in the Houston area as Beryl’s eye heads toward the state’s largest city.

Strong winds, flooded roads and fallen trees have caused downed power lines and outages.

Power company CenterPoint Energy warned local residents to stay away from power lines: “If you see a downed power line, assume it is energized and move at least 35 feet away.”

The company also advised people not to stand or drive through floodwaters “due to the possibility of electrical current from downed power lines.”