Tropical Storm Beryl producing tornados, flash flooding in east Texas

Tornadoes and flash flooding are the latest threat in eastern Texas and western Louisiana as Tropical Storm Beryl makes its way across the region.

The storm made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane early Monday near Matagorda, Texas, packing sustained winds of 80 miles.

In the Houston area, Beryl is blamed for two deaths. The Harris County Sheriff said a tree fell on a house, killing a 53-year-old man who was riding out the storm with his family. His wife and children were not injured, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on X . Hours later, Gonzalez said officers responded to another home where a tree fell on a house. Inside, they reportedly found a 74-year-old woman who had died.

While the storm has made its way north of Houston, travel in the city is still being discouraged. Power is also an issue as more than 2 million people in the state are without service, according to PowerOutage.us .

Before Beryl made landfall, officials across the state's coastal counties issued voluntary evacuation orders and urged Fourth of July tourists still lingering along the beaches to leave as soon as possible.

However, air travel was brought to a halt for many, especially in the Houston area. Hundreds of flights have either been canceled or delayed at Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Throughout the rest of the week, projections show the storm will move up through the mid-central Mississippi River Valley, and by Wednesday and Thursday, it will reach the Toledo, Ohio, area as a tropical depression.

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