Beryl made landfall as a hurricane on the coast of Texas

• This is the first hurricane to reach the US coast this season | Photo: EFE

Beryl’s core made landfall on Monday as a Category 1 hurricane near Matagorda, Texas, threatening strong winds, a “dangerous” storm surge and flash flooding, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Beryl, the first hurricane to hit the U.S. coast this season, had maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour when it made landfall at 4:00 a.m. local time, the Miami-based NHC said.

The center of the storm is expected to move over eastern Texas on Monday, then across the Mississippi Valley on Tuesday and into the Ohio Valley on Wednesday.

Beryl makes landfall on Monday on the coast of Texas as the first hurricane of the current season in the United States | Photo: EFE/ NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East

The first hurricane of the Atlantic season has lowered its maximum sustained winds at landfall to 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles), but remains a hurricane, according to the latest NHC bulletin.

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