(7 Jul 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Port Aransas, Texas – 6 July 2024
1. Various of people on beach
2. Mid of people in ocean
3. Closed pier at beach
4. Various store sign reading (English): “hurricane party at your house BYOB”
5. Store sign reading (English): “Close til Tuesday”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Corpus Christi, Texas – 6 July 2024
6. People fishing at harbor
7. USS Lexington museum ship
8. Interstate sign reading (English): “Hurricane entering Gulf make preparations”
9. Interstate traffic with oil refinery in background
STORYLINE:
Texas officials urged coastal residents to brace for a looming hit by Beryl, which was a tropical storm on Saturday but was expected to regain hurricane strength as it moves across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
A hurricane warning was declared for a stretch of the state’s coast from Baffin Bay, south of Corpus Christi, to Sargent, south of Houston, and forecasters said the storm’s center was likely to approach the state Sunday and then make landfall the following day.
Storm surge warnings were also in effect.
The earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, Beryl caused at least 11 deaths as it passed through the Caribbean islands earlier in the week.
It then battered Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane, toppling trees but causing no injuries or deaths before weakening to a tropical storm as it moved across the Yucatan Peninsula.
Texas officials warned people along the entire coastline to prepare for possible flooding, heavy rain and wind as the storm nears.
Some coastal cities called for voluntary evacuations in low-lying areas prone to flooding, banned beach camping and urged tourists traveling on the July 4 holiday weekend to move recreational vehicles from coastal parks.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is acting governor while Gov. Greg Abbott is traveling in Taiwan, issued a preemptive disaster declaration for 121 counties.
Mitch Thames, a spokesman for Matagorda County, said Saturday that officials issued a voluntary evacuation request for the coastal areas of the county about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Houston to inform the large number of visitors in the area for the holiday weekend.
In Corpus Christi, officials asked visitors to cut their trips short and return home early if possible.
Officials asked residents to secure their homes by boarding up windows if necessary and using sandbags to guard against possible flooding.
In Refugio County, north of Corpus Christi along Texas’ Gulf Coast, officials issued a mandatory evacuation order for its 6,700 residents Saturday.
As of Saturday night, Beryl was about 330 miles (535 kilometers) southeast of Corpus Christi and had top sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center.
It was moving northwest at 13 mph (20 kph).
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