Hurricane Beryl hammers Texas coast, knocks out power for millions

Beryl hit Texas as a Category 1 hurricane and was still lashing Texas with torrential rains, tornadoes and life-threatening storm surge as high as five feet in some areas after weakening back to a tropical storm Monday. Nearly 3 million homes and businesses have lost power as downed trees and flooded roadways left stranded drivers in need of rescue. Janet Shamlian has more.
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[@brandig2906]

This is the scariest category 1 hurricane I’ve ever been in. We were not expecting it to be this bad. I was unable to sleep because I thought my windows would explode from the wind. The wind was so strong that you could hear it beating against the walls.

[@user-wh6cb5gv4e]

For real i didn’t even go outside the entire time it was here and now that you mention it i heard the walls of my house as if someone was banging it with a hammer.

[@dwjoseph59]

Yes, it was rough from 1 am-2 am to12 pm-2 pm!!

[@FPS17104]

Thank god it didn’t stay a Cat 4, only reason the cat 1 was this strong is because the Northeast of the storm was strongest and it’s bands came in waves. You guys experienced 3 waves, with each wave being stronger and stronger

[@dwjoseph59]

@@FPS17104 💯💯

[@MonaJ888]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 for everyone.

[@user-wl5jg9hd1u]

I evacuated Houston just in time...i knew this one would be bad. Sending ❤ and prayers to Houston.

[@It_is_what_it_is63]

Where’d you go?

[@agentsmith7947]

And how did u know

[@Blitzo_Editz]

my granma and grandpa live there i hope thry are ok

[@StephanieBallard-vq1dy]

I was so surprised when I came to Arkansas for a four-day trip the hurricane happened in my city Pasadena, Texas

[@tiredgacha_artist]

In Texas here, it's very hot and bad out here, my house has no power and the pool in the backyard only helps temporarily (its freezing), I really hope the power is fixed soon because a lot of my family is getting sick and there's so many bugs (flies and mosquitos mainly). If anyone else is in Texas rn, hope yall are fine and still kicking

[@allaboutroofing2]

Praying for you and your family. 🙏Are you in Houston?

[@tiredgacha_artist]

@@allaboutroofing2 yes

[@tiredgacha_artist]

@@allaboutroofing2 a lot of trees near where I am, so im glad none fell (only branches)

[@SigFigNewton]

Wonder what home insurance rates will be like in a few years for gulf coast homes within 30 feet of sea level

[@tiredgacha_artist]

@@SigFigNewton yeah

[@beverlydust5381]

Not a surprise for the power outages Texas area had power grid issues before the storm, because of the governor Not wanting to upgrade the system, now inorder to fix it it's going to cost even more than it would have before. Hopefully the people of Texas will receive the help they need to recover.

[@robinhollenbeck367]

Texas opted out of the national power grid over twenty years ago. Texas now must replace or repair its own power grid. It can not accept electricity from neighboring states.

[@beverlydust5381]

@@robinhollenbeck367 A relative of mine works for a power company in New England and the government of Texas has made contact with them regarding helping out and they had to refuse because they have a union and Texas is not part of their mutual aid agreement, Texas wanted to go it alone and now they are stuck because the union electric workers are not allowed to go there to assist them. If they were part of the union mutual aid agreement they would have already been there preposition to help the people of Texas. My relative said he has already gone to most of the other New England states and Ohio, North and South Carolina ,Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, when they have a natural disaster, but they are not allowed to go to Texas because there power grid is considered to be belonging to like another country. Texas opted out of the power grid so they are now on their own.

[@MargDBX]

Got nothing to do with that ELECTRICITY was DEREGULATED by the Bushwackers and no one has done anything about it since. That's why it's a big mess

[@MargDBX]

@@robinhollenbeck367 The Bushwackers made the current mess. DON'T YOU REMEMBER 1999?

[@TSUNAMICali]

Praying for Texas. Stay safe. More flood water coming for next 2-3 days. Stay home

[@60krazykat]

My cousin is fleeing her home in Maryville, UT because of a 10,000 acre out of control fire & this in TX. The tragedy that is happening across america is heart rendering. Pray, reach out to assist but, PRAY!

[@petitebaje]

Wow. That is terrifying if it was a cat 1 by then, he's right. Prayers, and my heart goes out to the families of those two persons who passed🙏🏽. - Barbados

[@IndigoStar80]

Prayer sent up❤ for Texas

[@tiredgacha_artist]

Thank you ❤

[@whoppertism]

still don’t have power at home, pretty sure im sick and running a fever. doesnt help that its like 90 degrees inside. actually slept on the floor last night because the heat was so unbearable.

[@TheAmazingmayowa]

How are you now

[@whoppertism]

@@TheAmazingmayowa everythings back on, thanks for asking

[@user-bm4ic4kx2w]

Why would anyone want to live in a city like Houston and New Orleans? These two Cities are below sea level and floods are expected every time when hurricane come

[@MargDBX]

😂😂😂

[@deltonwilliams2454]

Pray For Texas 😔🕯🙏

[@helenpauls1496]

Better to get the power workers and officials out repairing and organizing.

[@CarmenSantana-jn3nb]

Abbott says Texas got this wtf

[@samuelmorse784]

Texas is God's country and the greatest on earth!!

[@JohnWick-df7wc]

@@samuelmorse784 that would be Israel

[@SigFigNewton]

God: * giving you both annoyed looks

[@samuelmorse784]

@@JohnWick-df7wc Israel crucified God's Son Jesus Christ. Sorry to break the news!

[@nickytommymancinelli8066]

Prepare to be without power for weeks…

[@MrPrINGle-b17]

I still have power after the storm

[@beverlydust5381]

@@MrPrINGle-b17 you might have power now but Texas's power grid is a disaster and they may have rolling blackouts and when things are getting repaired they need to borrow power from power supply from other parts of the grid to get essential services up and running in hardest hit areas,,like hospitals, police stations and fire stations and water treatment plants and other public places like community centers for people who are seniors who don't have air conditioning or food. It may take weeks to get to residential homes.

[@aarong9128]

@@beverlydust5381nope just turned on 3 hours ago

[@mariadelrey3846]

Arboles 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Arboles🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Arboles🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳arboles🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳arboles🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Y mas 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳es lo unico que detiene, mitiga, mengua la fuerza y velocidad de los vientos de un huracán! Eso nos salvo a nosotros en Quintana Roo, el manglar y la selva🌳🌳🌳🌳🌴🌴🌴🌴🌾🌾🌴🌳🌴🌳🌴🌳

[@xiongpaolee]

First of the season, and just a cat 1 👀

[@Thedesertguy75]

I learned my lesson after Hurricane Harvey, that was it for me because i knew it would happen again. Too much asphalt and cement in that town. Just like Harvey, no one took it seriously until it was too late, lost countless cars and home floodings. Looks similar here

[@HowdyLa]

God bless all my neighbors 🙏

[@Copious_KEN]

Why tf would you still live in Houston

[@bennyjames558]

Yall better start preparing yourself properly these aren't typically storms anymore, the temps are rising every year meanings storms are getting more dangerous

[@ydne]

It is warm water that intensifies a hurricane. Usually, a storm weakens when it travels over cooler land. However, with a holiday weekend heatwave in Texas, could the land cool the storm enough to weaken it?

[@JoshuaGonzalez-fm1mc]

Prayers for everyone that was lost but stay strong everything would be alright 🙏😢

[@TheLegitAlpha]

Did I mention Abbot ditched you?

[@spacemonkey7457]

Any word on what areas are flooded near Galveston? I wanna run out and get me a cruchwrap supreme but it ain't worth dying over. Nobody is delivering. Also the power is out and its hotter than a hookers door knob on nickel night in here. When can expect crews to be working to get it back on again?

[@allaboutroofing2]

Stay home. Nothing is worth risking your life or those of others that might need to save you, especially for a crunch wrap Supreme. Check your priorities.

[@kingohighlight1867]

Trailer home almost submerged 😂 dude it wasn't even covering the tires

[@LawfulBased]

Reminds me of the map in Left4Dead2. _" Hell and high water "_ it was called.

[@friendlyfemme2313]

I was quite surprised to see how unprepared this area was thinking that the storm was staying on its original track and not getting more preparations in place just incase it took a more northern track. Now there will be hundreds of thousands without power in this ridiculous heat longer than really what they should have been. 🤷‍♀️🇺🇸👍

[@TimAtkinson-qs6sv]

Really surprising people think they are driving boats. Nothing that important. Now your car is ruined and you go anyplace anyway!!! Stay home and safe as possible.

[@kingkeenangaming756]

I have to go to work tomorrow morning

[@allaboutroofing2]

Do you work in the food industry?

[@SigFigNewton]

@@allaboutroofing2probably means they’re paid by the hour and not working is a surer way than a hurricane to lose their car

[@SigFigNewton]

@@allaboutroofing2this isn’t Western Europe. People here work even when they shouldn’t or they suffer

[@kingkeenangaming756]

@@allaboutroofing2 Aerospace Engineer but my company send a message there no power so i work from home so yay for me

[@allaboutroofing2]

@@kingkeenangaming756 ah, I wondered the urgency given all the power outages. My friend runs a salad franchise and has a small staff tomorrow to dispose of spoiled food in fridge and move frozen items to coolers with dry ice. If power comes on, they still probably can't open due to dressings and such that are probably above safe temp standards. Apparently it only takes 4 hours for spoilage in a fridge. Cheers

[@Blitzo_Editz]

I'm visiting family in dallas for a vacation... its cool there but i wana know if I should be concerned?

[@MrPrINGle-b17]

My fence and grill had fell over and the trampoline had flew to the neighbors backyard causing damage to the property luckily our WiFi wasn’t cut off during the storm and we still have power

[@tymekamiranda8654]

Prayers to Jesus for All🙏🏾

[@VisionGod4Life]

I mean.. I was in hurricane Andrew and Katrina. It will always get worse there. Mother nature not playing.

[@bright.light.sights933]

Lack of electricity is the governments fault. Driving in the storm is the fault of your tiny squirrel brain

[@alfonsoechevarria5346]

People have more than 5 days to get ready and want to drive during the rain and windy conditions amazing.

[@AdilMouhammed-zf1br]

I heard it might hit San Anton.

[@joepzenz]

Imagine if it was actually a really bad storm. Cat 4 or 5 Hope people are preparing themselves for this to happen a lot more often in the future.

[@Sssilentlaugh]

This hurricane came barreling through

[@charlesmahoney790]

I can not see how people in Texas can complain that their power is off and they are not getting MY power back on fast enough and oh yea see down the street they have power when they should be thinking God they are still alive look guys give the power company a break

[@yoyo8303]

Looking nice and cool

[@geoffdixonsintes5167]

LADIES LISTEN MORE, GENTLEMEN WE WORK HARD TO AVOID DISASTERS

[@sirswayzee1220]

Glad I live in minneapolis 😅

[@bowwm0912]

don't you have like 6 months of deep freezing cold, and no Sun most of the time?

[@scottysteadman5063]

It will be winter before long! Lol 😂

[@ladykay4506]

🙏🏾

[@mellisamellisa2886]

Stay safe

[@TrisDoesYoutube]

I feel bad

[@beverlyebarracks3128]

My God.

[@risa_sh.youtube3244]

🙏🎯🌍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 The world 🌍 has changed **Nam myoho rengekyo** 🙏 Pray 🌍 peace 🕊️ be safe _______//

[@cindyl760]

Was this even a category 1?

[@geoffdixonsintes5167]

@ 01:57 MENORCA

[@Evilstinkybugs]

So many homeless people in America

[@madreep]

I think Abbott hopes that the floods will wash all of them out of Texas. So what if it costs lives, they were a drain on society anyway 🙄🏊‍♂️👨‍🦽

[@sinistan1002]

meanwhile abbot is mia 😄

[@lindaorozco4595]

😢😢😢

[@kelvinlowe2245]

Where is Ted?

[@madreep]

You mean Greg? He was in Asia

[@claytonthomasnashville]

Horrifying

[@lindaorozco4595]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@GangstaPage-oz8lm]

Looking worse than Jamaica 🇯🇲..😮

[@GeorgeKafantaris]

Texans, your governor is useless. Get rid of him.

[@killianmccormick2566]

Well at least the astros can’t cheat

[@DrakeDavis1243]

Customers? Lol

[@markwilliams6378]

Charge them for the rescue. No business on the street

[@tarrbaby316tarr8]

Turn the harp off. Quit playing with the weather government. It's all about the smart cities

[@kennetheshelton]

Where is FEMA? FJB!!!!! We need help!

[@sinistan1002]

LOL is that the same FEMA with the F as in FEDERAL that republicans under trump cut the budget for you mean THAT FEMA 😄

[@joelprince8299]

Watching from 🇯🇲

[@rjazam6047]

I hope Houston stays safe. Unfortunately, the Governor of Texas is mad stupid. Obviously the Gulf Coast is out of the state's control, and there is a solution to improve the power grid. However, it's a band aide over another band aide. Texas knows how hurricanes just keep on coming, and the state is still building crappy power lines only to get damaged again by mother nature. The cycle will never end until the power grid improves in Texas. When? LOL

[@ginabeena6757]

Did anyone check to see if Ted Cruz is in Mexico yet?

[@willrose5424]

Maybe it's a cover for interdimensional aliens to take over the gulf coast. 😂I should write Sci-fi.

[@SigFigNewton]

Nah bro same dimension

[@willrose5424]

@@SigFigNewton the mothership is hiding within the storm. It's probably cloaked over a farm area with no air traffic. 🥸🤔

[@SigFigNewton]

@@willrose5424 but they’re actually on our side! Don’t expose them!

[@willrose5424]

@@SigFigNewton Too late. It's all over the news. 👁 Most people cannot discern the events.

[@stephenolander963]

Texans didn’t take this storm seriously, this is what happens when you don’t heed the warnings.

[@user-eo9dc5gs8k]

Not much really happened and I’m from Houston. the usual idiots driving into deepwater on the freeways, blah blah blah

[@oskinooa]

Its mainly the power outage its hotter than a mug out here and no power sucks

[@_anaaaaa]

Those saying “not much happened.” Are the lucky ones. Many hard workers are having to clean up the mess in their yard of large trees. Someone in my neighborhood lost their life from a tree falling on their home. We are still without power. All day my family were in the heat cleaning up. If you stood outside all the neighbors were also trying to clean up their yard. Many gas stations were out of gas and many house holds only had electric stoves. Which was hard for many families to get food when restaurants and fast food chains were closed.

[@GlobeTrotter713]

Where’s Biden Where the Natl Guard?!!

[@beverlydust5381]

@@GlobeTrotter713 The governor of the state has to request help and tell FEMA and the national guard what kind of help they need and where ,Texas is a big state and some places need more help than others but they have to know where to go, obviously the governor has not given any thought or direction, on where and how much each city or county would need.

[@taraba5475]

Forgot about this ukrain needs more money 😂😂😂😂

[@user-xt6gz3ck8s]

South Pole will be coming the north pole and vice versa , That would change everything. The Earth axles are off by several degrees. Is it making major changes while the world you don’t think it’s climate change it may have to do with harp And man made weather. Think about it.

[@MichaelBradfordDrawbaugh]

BABYLONIANS MESOPOTAMIANS CBN rahrahrah... father Abram LISTEN to God and God called father Abraham his FRIEND ... 🙌 🙌 🙌 God rests on the Sabbath day so does the EARTH. SUN DAY IS THE FIRST DAY of the WEEK. The APOSTLE'S OBSERVED THE SABBATH DAY, TAUGHT AND HEALED ON THE SABBATH DAY. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE 24/7 IN THIS NATION... DO SO IN "REMEMBERANCE" TIL THE LORD RETURNS.... EAT AT HOME EAT AT MOE'S.

[@smaga3507]

Such a non American broadcast

[@mohamedmessaoudi9609]

يجب على الحكومة الأمريكية أن تزيد في تقديم الأموال لأوكرانيا!!!! أيها المواطن الأمريكي أموالك تذهب لتغذي حروبا عبثية وراء المحيط وأنت تجلدك الأعاصير

[@AshmanHenry-zv3vc]

Nuff a y'all a talk bout Jamaica talk bout your flooding country, Jamaica is the best place to be because if it was Trinidad they would be die by now

[@chachab9239]

🥹 Let us help them.