Hurricane Beryl tracker: Death toll rises to 6 in Texas, over 2 million without power

Beryl is slamming Texas with powerful winds and torrential rain.

Tropical Storm Beryl is tearing across Texas after making landfall in the state as a Category 1 hurricane Monday morning.

At least six people have been killed by fallen trees or by drowning and more than 2 million customers are without power across Texas due to torrential rain and powerful winds.

Hurricane Beryl first killed at least seven people in the Windward Islands before skirting south of Jamaica, shutting down communications, stranding tourists and delivering storm surge and flooding rain to the island.

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Here's how the news is developing.
Jul 08, 2024, 10:53 AM EDT

Serious accidents, transformer fires reported

Hurricane Beryl has caused serious accidents, transformer fires and downed power lines in Spring, Texas, near Houston, according to the Spring Fire Department.

Spring is under a flash flood warning until 1 p.m. local time.

Spring Fire Department released images of damage from Hurricane Beryl in North Harris County in Texas on July 8, 2024.
Spring Fire Department/X

Jul 08, 2024, 9:36 AM EDT

Beryl’s latest forecast

As Hurricane Beryl races inland, flash flooding will be a threat as far north as Arkansas, where 3 to 6 inches of rain is possible through Monday night.

Flash flood threat for Monday.
ABC News

Moisture from Beryl is forecast to move into the Ohio Valley by Tuesday and Wednesday. Flooding is possible as far north as Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana.

Tracking Beryl forecast.
ABC News

Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning, some of that moisture will combine with a stationary front in the Northeast, bringing the possibility of heavy rain to the Interstate 95 corridor Wednesday night.

-ABC News’ Max Golembo

Jul 08, 2024, 9:06 AM EDT

650 flights canceled in Houston

At least 650 flights have been canceled in Houston on Monday as Hurricane Beryl pounds the region.

So far, 527 flights set to leave George Bush Intercontinental Airport have been canceled while another 123 flights were dropped at William P. Hobby Airport.

United Airlines said it has suspended operations at George Bush Intercontinental Airport until at least 4 p.m. local time.

Debris and flood waters from Hurricane Beryl cover the main roadway in Surfside Beach, Texas, July 8, 2024.
Adrees Latif/Reuters

Jul 08, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT

Power outages fall to 130,000

About 130,000 customers in Texas were without power just before 7 a.m. on Monday, according to PowerOutage.us.

Luan Nguyen boards up windows as he helps prepare for Beryl's arrival, July 7, 2024, in Palaciios, Texas.
Eric Gay/AP

While the total outages fell, the number of customers in the storm’s path with outages rose. In Matagorda and Brazoria counties there were about 13,450 and 40,000 customers without power respectively, according to the tracking site.

-ABC News’ Amanda M. Morris

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