Tropical storm Beryl expected to make landfall as powerful hurricane in Texas
by Edward Helmore and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#6P1RX)
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.
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