As per reports, Hurricane Beryl made landfall along the Texas coast as a Category 1 storm on Monday (08 July) near Matagorda around 0400 hours local time, forcing the closure of major oil ports, and flight cancellations. Hurricane Beryl is located about 85 miles (135 km) south-southwest of Houston, Texas, and the maximum sustained winds are at 80 mph (130 km/h) as of 0400 hours local time.

• Beryl is expected to move steadily northeastward from eastern Texas through Monday (08 July), traverse Arkansas on Tuesday (09 July), enter the Lower Ohio Valley on Tuesday (09 July) night, and reach the Lower Great Lakes on Wednesday (10 July).
• The storm prompted closures or vessel traffic restrictions at multiple ports in cities from Houston to Corpus Christi. The ports of Corpus Christi, Houston, Galveston, Freeport, and Texas City stated that they closed after condition “Zulu” was set by US Coast Guard captains on Sunday (07 July).
• Significant power outages have been reported in Texas as Hurricane Beryl impacts the state. There were about 2,599,808 customers without power as of 1914 hours local time on Monday (08 July). Avail further power outage updates via https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas
• Although the wind speeds associated with Hurricane Beryl will continue to diminish as it moves farther from the Gulf of Mexico, the storm will remain a significant producer of heavy rainfall as it progresses northeastward.
• Heavy rainfall is expected along and northeast of Hurricane Beryl’s path over the next two days, with rainfall totals of two to five inches forecast for areas from far northeast Texas, across large sections of Arkansas, southeast Missouri, central to southern Illinois, Indiana, far northwest Ohio, and into the southern portions of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. These amounts are in addition to the five to 10 inches of rainfall that fell along Beryl’s path as it moved inland earlier Monday (08 July) along the central Texas Gulf Coast.
• Flood watches are currently in effect along Beryl’s path from eastern Texas northeastward into southern Illinois, impacting over 15 million people.
• Excessive heat warnings, watches, and heat advisories are currently in effect for nearly all of Washington State, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, and southwest Arizona. Numerous record high temperatures are expected across these areas over the next few days, with high temperatures ranging from 10 to 30 degrees above average.
• Record high minimum temperatures are likely from the eastern Gulf Coast through the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and into southern New England.