Tropical storm Beryl expected to make landfall as powerful hurricane in Texas

Storm roars across Gulf of Mexico, and is forecast to continue gaining strength as it heads towards the US

A reconstituted Hurricane Beryl is expected to come ashore in south Texas early Monday, possibly slamming into land as a powerful category 2 hurricane, with the heavily-populated greater Houston area anticipating wind, heavy rain and possible tornadoes.

The storm was expected to strengthen into a category 1 hurricane later on Sunday as it travels over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued hurricane warnings across much of the Texas coast.