Jul 25 Hurricane Beryl death toll in Texas rises to 36, including more who lost power in extreme heat By Juan A. Lozano, Jamie Stengle, Associated Press The number of Texas deaths after Hurricane Beryl came ashore and knocked out power to millions of residents climbed to at least 36 on Thursday as officials confirmed more people who died in homes that were left without air conditioning during sweltering heat. Continue reading
Jul 22 Baby bull sharks are thriving in warming waters off the coast of Texas and Alabama By James Marcus Drymon, Lindsay Mullins, Philip Matich, The Conversation The Gulf Coast has seen an increase in baby bull shark numbers due to warming ocean temperatures. As adults, these are among the most aggressive species of sharks, but the babies aren’t cause for concern, as three scientists explain. Continue reading
Jul 21 Heat-related deaths climb in Texas after Hurricane Beryl left millions without power By Jamie Stengle, Lekan Oyekanmi, Associated Press Beryl knocked out electricity to nearly 3 million homes and businesses at the height of the outages, which lasted days or much longer, and hospitals reported a spike in heat-related illnesses. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 6:03 Frustration with power company mounts as Texans face weeklong outage after Hurricane Beryl By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas More than a week after Hurricane Beryl made landfall, utility crews across Houston are still working to restore power to the last 50,000 customers who have been without electricity through a stretch of hot weather. Some residents and politicians say… Continue watching
Jul 15 Texas governor criticizes Houston power company as they say electricity will be mostly restored by Wednesday By Jim Vertuno, Nadia Lathan, Associated Press The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed within the next two days, the city’s main utility company said Monday as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy even after the lights come back. Continue reading
Jul 10 Hurricane Beryl leaves millions in Texas without power amid high heat and humidity By Associated Press More than 1.7 million homes and businesses in Texas lacked electricity Wednesday morning. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch 2:31 Hurricane Beryl leaves millions in Texas without power amid scorching heat By Stephanie Sy, Jonah Anderson Millions of Texans are left without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. The outages come amid a stretch of extreme heat that is connected to at least five deaths in the West this week. Beryl is now a smaller… Continue watching
Jul 09 Beryl leaves hot misery along Texas coast and brings threat of flooding to the north By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Hurricane Beryl left millions without power as temperatures soar in Texas. Continue reading
Jul 08 Nearly 3 million lose power as Beryl barrels through Texas. Officials say it will take days to get it back on By Mark Vancleave, Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the storm toppled 10 transmission lines and that many of the outages were caused by fallen trees. Continue reading
Jul 08 After slamming Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, Beryl is downgraded to a tropical storm By Mark Vancleave, Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Police in the Houston suburb of Rosenberg urged residents to stay off the roads, reporting that one of its high-water rescue vehicles had been hit by a falling tree while returning from a rescue. Continue reading