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Power companies along the Gulf Coast must be prepared to deal with hurricanes, to state the obvious, Abbott said.
Heavy rains raised water levels in coastal lagoons, leading the animals to crawl into cities including Tampico, Ciudad Madero and Altamira.
Millions of people now face days without power and air conditioning as dangerous heat threatens the region.
More than 2 million homes and businesses in the Houston area were without electricity, CenterPoint Energy officials said.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Critics said the Texas Republicans stay safe alert only served as a reminder of one thing.
Much of Texas' shoreline was under a hurricane warning and officials in several coastal counties urged tourists along the beach for the Fourth of the July holiday to leave.
Beryl wasthe earliest Category 5 hurricane in the Atlanticbefore weakening to a Category 2 storm. But it regained strength late Thursday.
Beryl made landfall on the island of Carriacou in Grenada as the earliest Category 4 storm in the Atlantic.
Beryl is expected to pass just south of Barbados early Monday and then head into the Caribbean Sea as a major hurricane on a path toward Jamaica.
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