Hurricane Beryl: Map shows 2 million people in Texas without power as deadly storm slams Houston

As Hurricane Beryl hits Texas , millions of people along the coast and a few other areas are left without power, according to Centerpoint Energy , the area's main provider.

Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas as a Category 1 storm early Monday morning, battering Houston with torrential rains and strong winds, and causing power outages for 1.9 million homes and businesses in the Greater Houston area as rapidly rising waters led to street flooding and rescue operations.

The company confirmed on X: "#HurricaneBeryl continues to move across the Greater #Houston area with heavy rain and strong winds, resulting in power outages. As of 8:30 a.m., more than 1.5 million customers are without power.

The number has continued to grow, and it is at nearly 2 million customers as of 11 am EST. You can check real-time updates here: Centerpoint Energy outage tracker . For Texans trapped in the storm, local officials published evacuation route maps .

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Counties where customers are affected by the thousands include Calhoun, Jackson, Lavaca, Colorado, Wharton, Matagorda, Brazoria, Galveston, Chambers, Liberty, San Jacinto, Montgomery, Harris, Waller, Grimes, Washington, and Austin. Areas with hundreds of customers affected include Jefferson, Hardin, and Polk.

There are additional outages in some areas of Jim Wells, Garza, Culberson, and Hudspeth, for other reasons.

Acting Governor Dan Patrick issued this statement today following his press conference with Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Chief Nim Kidd:

“As Hurricane Beryl approaches the Texas coast, now is the time for Texans to make their final preparations to protect themselves and their property. 121 counties are already under state disaster declaration, and more may be added if conditions warrant."

Flood warnings were also issued across a broad swath of the Texas coast , where a powerful storm surge pushed water ashore, and further inland as heavy rain continued to pour. A total of nearly 2 million customers are without power across the state.

Before reaching Texas, Beryl had already carved a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. The storm hit land around 4 a.m., and high waters quickly started to shut down streets in storm-battered Houston, the nation's fourth-largest city, which was once again under flood warnings after recent heavy storms devastated neighborhoods.

In the Houston suburb of Humble, one man lost his life when a tree fell on a house, trapping him under debris, according to Harris County sheriff's office senior deputy Thomas M. Gilliland.

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Cops in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg are pleading with locals to avoid the roads after one of their high-water rescue vehicles got clocked by a falling tree during a rescue op. Over in Galveston, videos are capturing some serious street swimming, while Houston itself is on high alert with a flash flood warning as relentless rains drench the city.

Experts at the National Weather Service believe Beryl will simmer down to a tropical storm by Monday and mellow out into a tropical depression come Tuesday. They predict a sharp turn northeastward and a pickup in pace Monday night into Tuesday. The eye of the storm is set to skate over eastern Texas on Monday before cutting through the lower Mississippi Valley and into the Ohio Valley midweek.

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"Beryl's moving inland but this is not the end of the story yet," warned Jack Beven, a top hurricane expert at the National Hurricane Center.

Meanwhile, in Freeport, Texas, Patti Richardson is hunkering down in her antique 123-year-old home, which is smack dab in the storm's path. "We are sitting in the middle of it. It sounds like we are in a train station, it's that loud and has been about four hours. We're just hoping everything holds together," shared Richardson, rattled by the experience. "You can feel the house shaking ... It's freaky."

Beryl, after causing damage to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and weakening into a tropical storm, regained its hurricane status late Sunday. The storm made landfall around 4 a.m., approximately 85 miles (137 kilometers) southwest of Houston, with peak sustained winds of 80 mph (128.7 kph).

To report an outage in Texas: Call 866-223-8508 or online at aeptexas.com/outages/report/ .