Photos of Hurricane Beryl damage and impacts as storm slams Texas

The power outages caused by Hurricane Beryl that have left hundreds of thousands of people in Houston facing muggy heat may last days. About 1.6 million utility customers were without electricity Tuesday afternoon as temperatures rose to 97 degrees and the heat index hit triple digits in Houston, according to the National Weather Service.

Beryl left several dead as it moved through Houston after making landfall near Matagorda around 4 a.m. Monday, the National Hurricane Center said. Beryl strengthened from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane before approaching Texas, after it tore through parts of the Caribbean, where it killed at least 11 people, wrecked homes and toppled power lines.

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