Hurricane Beryl: more than 1.3m people without power as storm hits Texas – live updates
Tornado watch in area covering 7m people as parts of eastern Texas are on flood watch; temperatures near the Texan coast are forecast at above 90F (32C)
More than 1.3 million customers have been affected by power outages due to Hurricane Beryl, according to utility provider CenterPoint Energy.
1,343,938 customers have been without power due to the dangerous hurricane, according to an outage tracker from the energy company.