Beryl hit the US state of on Monday, killing at least 3 people and causing major flooding.
The storm was downgraded from . It was later downgraded to a tropical depression, and expected to weaken further.
Despite the downgrade, the NHC said that conditions caused by Beryl could create tornadoes in Texas, as well as in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Arkansas.
Three dead, power outages expected for days
A 53-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman were killed in separate incidents after trees fell on their homes in the Houston area.
A third person, a civilian employee of the Houston Police Department, drowned after being trapped by floodwaters under a highway overpass, according to local officials.
The storm caused power to be cut for 2.5 million homes and businesses in the area around Houston, which is Texas’ most populous city.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said that it could take multiple days for power to be restored.
Patrick said that the CenterPoint Energy company had brought in thousands of additional workers to restore power.
Highways were flooded and over 1,000 flights were canceled.
Oil refining activity slowed and some production sites were evacuated. Texas is the US biggest oil producer.
Beryl weakens after reaching Texas
The storm made landfall earlier Monday in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane and weakened to a tropical storm hours later.
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Last weekend, it ripped through the and Peninsula, killing at least 11 people.
sdi/wmr (Reuters, AP)
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