Weather tracker: Hurricane Beryl causes further havoc across Texas
by Jay Marsh for MetDesk from World news | The Guardian on (#6P5GN)
High winds and heavy rainfall have moved inland towards Houston and other cities, with at least eight reported dead
At the start of this week, Hurricane Beryl crashed on to the shore of the Texas coastline. Sweeping across the coast, Beryl brought sustained winds of 80mph to coastal settlements in Texas, creating a deadly storm surge reaching 4-7ft (1.2m to 2.1m) in places and wreaking havoc in local areas, before moving inland towards Houston and other big cities.
Heavy rainfall was also recorded across some of the upper Texas coast and eastern Texas, with locally close to 15 inches (380mm) recorded in places. At least eight people have died in Texas and Louisiana, which followed at least 10 deaths across the Caribbean.
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