Texas Resident sprepares as storm Beryl approaches

Parts of coastal Texas were evacuated over warnings of flooding and power outages as the southern US state braced for the Monday arrival of Beryl, which was threatening to make landfall as a hurricane.

The US National Hurricane Center said in its latest update that winds were reaching 70 miles per hour as the tropical storm approached and was forecast to regain hurricane status before hitting the Texas coast.

Several areas of the Texas coast were under hurricane and storm warnings on Sunday. Beryl is expected to make landfall between the port city of Corpus Christi and Galveston Island early Monday. The NHC said that rainfall of up to 15 inches was expected in parts of Texas, warning it could create flash flooding in some areas.