Hurricane Beryl has made landfall in Texas as a category one tropical storm, unleashing heavy rains and powerful winds along the state's coast.
The storm hit on Monday morning, local time, knocking out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses and flooding streets with fastrising waters as first responders raced to rescue stranded residents.
Beryl had already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean before making a turn and sweeping ashore in Texas.
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