Residents assess a fallen tree in their neighborhood after Hurricane Beryl swept through an area in Houston on Monday. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Hurricane Beryl pummeled the Texas coastline as a Category 1 storm on Monday, bringing with it life-threatening winds and major power outages before weakening to a tropical storm.
Wind speeds were reported as high as 80 mph, and flood warnings were issued across several areas of the Texas coast. Four deaths were reported in Texas , and the storm knocked out power to more than 2 million customers in Southeastern Texas.
Last week, Beryl emerged as the earliest Category 5 storm on record in the Atlantic, sweeping a path of damage in the eastern Caribbean and Jamaica before crossing into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. At least 11 people were reported killed in the Caribbean.
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Here's a look at Beryl's destructive path through the Caribbean and up to the United States:
A vehicle is left abandoned in floodwaters on a highway after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on Monday in Houston. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) A tattered American flag flies in the wind after Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, on Monday. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Jeff Reding 57, looks at damage to the Holiday Inn resort after Hurricane Beryl hit Galveston, Texas, on Monday. (Rich Matthews/Reuters) People stand beneath a knocked-down metal structure in El Campo, Texas, on Monday. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters) A flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in El Campo, Texas, on Monday. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters) Debris blocks a main access road in Matagorda, Texas, on Monday. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) A home is surrounded by floodwaters in Houston on Monday. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) People hide behind a car to shield themselves from wind and rain as they film videos for social media in Bay City, Texas, on Monday. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) A fallen tree lies on a car in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in Ganado, Texas, on Monday. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters) A gas station in Edna, Texas, suffered hurricane damage to its roof on Monday. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters) Vehicles sit in floodwaters in Houston on Monday. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Debris and floodwaters cover the main roadway in Surfside Beach, Texas, on Monday. (Adrees Latif/Reuters) A police officer fights fierce winds from Hurricane Beryl as he searches for occupants of an overturned semi-trailer truck in Freeport, Texas on July 8, 2024. (Adrees Latif/Reuters) A U.S. flag near a trailer home left overturned by Hurricane Beryl winds in Surfside Beach, Texas. (Adrees Latif/Reuters) Clyde George, left, and his son Chris George board up their home ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Beryl on July 7, in Port O'Connor, Texas. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP) A homeless couple prepare to seek shelter ahead of Tropical Storm Beryl's arrival on July 7, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) A message for Beryl on a boarded-up business on July 7, in Rock Port, Texas, as the storm moved closer to the Texas coast. (Eric Gay/AP) A tree blocks a street in Kingston, Jamaica, on July 4 after Hurricane Beryl barreled through. (Leo Hudson/AP) Debris and the remnants of a damaged house on Friday in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. (Maria Alejandra Cardona/Reuters) A tree uprooted by Hurricane Beryl lies on a street in Tulum, Mexico, on Friday. (Fernando Llano/AP) A fisherman looks at fishing vessels damaged by Hurricane Beryl at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados. (Ricardo Mazalan/AP) A sailboat damaged by Hurricane Beryl submerged on one side in Kingston, Jamaica, on Thursday. (Leo Hudson/AP) Property damaged by Hurricane Beryl in Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on Tuesday. (Agency for Public Information, St. Vincent and the Grenadines/via Reuters) Scattered debris and houses with missing roofs, from a drone photo after Hurricane Beryl passed the island of Petite Martinique, Grenada, on Tuesday. (Arthur Daniel/Reuters) A toppled tree on the roof of a house in Kingstown, the capital of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (Lucanus Ollivierre/AP) Fishermen with boats damaged by Hurricane Beryl at Bridgetown Fisheries, Barbados. (Ricardo Mazalan/AP) A home destroyed by Hurricane Beryl in Ottley Hall, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (Lucanus Ollivierre/AP) Members of the Barbados armed forces clear a street of sand after it was flooded by seawater. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images) Boats in the water after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. (Andrea De Silva/Reuters) Waves crash into a seawall after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. (Andrea De Silva/Reuters) A man clears water from a damaged restaurant in Christ Church, Barbados. (Randy Brooks/AFP via Getty Images)