A resident boards up an apartment ahead of Hurricane Beryl's arrival in Corpus Christi, Texas on July 7. (Photographer: Brandon Bell/Getty Images via Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) — More than 1.5 million homes and businesses in Texas lost power after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in the state, bringing howling winds and driving rain that knocked out electric lines.
The storm made landfall shortly before 4 a.m. local time Monday, July 8, near Matagorda, between Houston and Corpus Christi, as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of about 80 miles (130 kilometers) per hour. The U.S. National Hurricane Center is warning people of the risk of flash floods as the system moves north through the state.
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