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AccuWeather is wrapping up live coverage of Beryl, which has left millions without power in Texas. AccuWeather meteorologists are warning that Beryl could fuel flooding rain and severe weather in parts of the Midwest and Northeast through the end of the week. For additional coverage, stream AccuWeather.
Texans seek out power as brutal heat, humidity builds
Over 2 million electric customers across Texas are still without power following Beryl, and people are flocking to areas with power to fill up gas cans to fuel their generators. “Fortunately, here it looks like things are moving pretty good about getting the power back online,” Storm Chaser Aaron Jayjack said on Tuesday morning while at a gas station in Palacios, Texas. “My guess is they are trying to prioritize these locations, gas stations, supermarkets, the essential places, get that power up first.”
Beryl US death toll climbs to 8
The number of US deaths related to Beryl has risen to 8. A woman in Louisiana was killed after a tree fell on her home in Benton, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post,
Seven deaths have also been reported in Texas.
“Lost someone to fire in southeast Houston due to lightning, we believe it’s storm-related,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said during a news conference Monday, according to CNN.
Whitmire also said a civilian employee of the Houston Police Department died when his vehicle became submerged in floodwater while driving to work Monday morning.
Two people, a 54-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman, were also killed Monday morning in Harris County by falling trees. ABC13 is reporting three deaths in Texas’ Montgomery County as a result of Hurricane Beryl including a man in his 40s who was hit by a tree while in a tractor and a man and a woman who “were discovered in a tent in a wooded area in Magnolia,” according to county officials.
That brings the number of deaths related to Beryl to 19. The powerful storm killed at least eleven people as it whipped through the Caribbean islands last week and later hammered Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
Prophetic Link:
“It is God who holds in His hands the destiny of souls. He will not always be mocked; He will not always be trifled with. Already His judgments are in the land. Fierce and awful tempests leave destruction and death in their wake. The devouring fire lays low the desolate forest and the crowded city. Storm and shipwreck await those who journey upon the deep. Accident and calamity threaten all who travel upon the land. Hurricanes, earthquakes, sword and famine, follow in quick succession. Yet the hearts of men are hardened. They recognize not the warning voice of God. They will not flee to the only refuge from the gathering storm.” Testimonies to the Church, Vol 5, page 234.1.
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