A hurricane warning was declared for parts of the coast from Baffin Bay south of Houston, and storm surge warnings were also in effect
An oil taker heads out to open water as a surfer takes advantage of waves ahead of Hurricane Beryl's arrival in Port Aransas, Tex. on July 6.Beryl was hurtling across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico on a collision course with Texas, forecast to pick up strength and regain hurricane status before nearing the coast Sunday and making landfall the following day with heavy rains, howling winds and dangerous storm surge.
As of Saturday night, Beryl was about 535 kilometres southeast of Corpus Christi and had top sustained winds of 95 kph, according to the National Hurricane Center. It was moving northwest at 20 kph. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is acting governor while Gov. Greg Abbott is travelling in Taiwan, issued a pre-emptive disaster declaration for 121 counties.
Mitch Thames, a spokesman for Matagorda County, said officials issued a voluntary evacuation request for the coastal areas of the county about 160 kilometres southwest of Houston. Traffic has been nonstop for the past three days at an Ace Hardware in the city as customers buy tarps, rope, duct tape, sandbags and generators, employee Elizabeth Landry said Saturday.
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