03:12At least seven people were killed and nearly three million are left without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and continues sweeping across US.
Footage captured on Tuesday shows damaged homes, vehicles, and a submerged boat and booth at Matagorda Beach in Texas, with scattered tree trunks and other debris blocking the main road.
"This road, you go another two miles and it'll take you to the beach but it's impassible because the last two miles is just solid debris if you go that way," a local said.
Officials said seven people had died in Texas's Harris and Montgomery counties, while one more fatality was confirmed in neighbouring Louisiana.
Beryl was downgraded to a tropical storm after it tore through the Caribbean last week, claiming at least dozens of lives. The cyclone was later reclassified as a hurricane after hitting the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
It made landfall as a 'Category 1 hurricane' in Texas in the early hours of Monday morning with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Over a million people were placed under a hurricane warning in Texas, and authorities warned coastal residents to brace for power outages, heavy rains, and flooding.
The hurricane is expected to move across the central United States, sweeping over Mississippi and Ohio before dissipating into a tropical depression on Tuesday.
At least seven killed and millions left without power in Texas, as Hurricane Beryl continues sweeping across US
At least seven people were killed and nearly three million are left without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and continues sweeping across US.
Footage captured on Tuesday shows damaged homes, vehicles, and a submerged boat and booth at Matagorda Beach in Texas, with scattered tree trunks and other debris blocking the main road.
"This road, you go another two miles and it'll take you to the beach but it's impassible because the last two miles is just solid debris if you go that way," a local said.
Officials said seven people had died in Texas's Harris and Montgomery counties, while one more fatality was confirmed in neighbouring Louisiana.
Beryl was downgraded to a tropical storm after it tore through the Caribbean last week, claiming at least dozens of lives. The cyclone was later reclassified as a hurricane after hitting the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
It made landfall as a 'Category 1 hurricane' in Texas in the early hours of Monday morning with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Over a million people were placed under a hurricane warning in Texas, and authorities warned coastal residents to brace for power outages, heavy rains, and flooding.
The hurricane is expected to move across the central United States, sweeping over Mississippi and Ohio before dissipating into a tropical depression on Tuesday.
At least seven people were killed and nearly three million are left without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and continues sweeping across US.
Footage captured on Tuesday shows damaged homes, vehicles, and a submerged boat and booth at Matagorda Beach in Texas, with scattered tree trunks and other debris blocking the main road.
"This road, you go another two miles and it'll take you to the beach but it's impassible because the last two miles is just solid debris if you go that way," a local said.
Officials said seven people had died in Texas's Harris and Montgomery counties, while one more fatality was confirmed in neighbouring Louisiana.
Beryl was downgraded to a tropical storm after it tore through the Caribbean last week, claiming at least dozens of lives. The cyclone was later reclassified as a hurricane after hitting the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
It made landfall as a 'Category 1 hurricane' in Texas in the early hours of Monday morning with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Over a million people were placed under a hurricane warning in Texas, and authorities warned coastal residents to brace for power outages, heavy rains, and flooding.
The hurricane is expected to move across the central United States, sweeping over Mississippi and Ohio before dissipating into a tropical depression on Tuesday.