Texas plunges millions of citizens into deadly darkness.

Texas Takes Another Beating, This Time From Hurricane Beryl

More than 1.5 million people woke up to no power on Monday, thanks to yet another catastrophic weather event battering the Lone Star State. Hurricane Beryl, a Category 1 storm, made landfall early Monday, bringing life-threatening surges and heavy rain.

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As of 8 a.m. CT, poweroutage.us reported 1,517,940 homes and businesses were in the dark, a number that jumped from 163,000 in just 30 minutes. The National Hurricane Center [https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCUAT2+shtml/080954.shtml] reported Beryl's sustained winds of over 80 mph as it slammed into the coast near Matagorda, a community between Galveston and Corpus Christi.

The storm continues to threaten, with the weather service issuing a tornado warning for multiple counties just minutes after landfall. The potential for tornadoes extends into northwest Louisiana and southwest Arkansas.

Map: The Austin American-Statesman gives a full regional breakdown of power outages.

121 Counties Declared Disaster Zones

On Saturday, Acting Governor Dan Patrick recognized the severity of the situation, issuing disaster declarations for a staggering 121 counties.

“Based on the current forecast, heavy rain and some localized flooding could occur all the way from the coast through areas near College Station, Tyler, and Texarkana as the storm moves through Texas." - Dan Patrick, Acting Governor of Texas

This article will be updated as the situation develops.

The following contributed: Doyle Rice, Thao Nguyen, Cheryl McCloud, and Christopher Cann.

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