Southern US devastated as Beryl aims for Midwest
With the southern United States reeling from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Beryl, the storm's remnants now eye the Midwest and bring the risk of flooding and tornadoes on July 9.
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00:00Before we get to the future of Beryl, let's kind of go back for all the damage in Houston,
00:04the ongoing power outages, and just how hot it's going to be for residents without power this
00:08afternoon. Yeah, well Houston took a direct hit from the northern eyewall of the storm yesterday
00:13morning as Beryl moved through the area. We saw wind gusts over 80 miles per hour in and around
00:18the Houston metro area, lots of flooding rainfall, widespread four to eight inch rainfall amounts
00:24across the area, and now things are finally drying out, but we're still seeing some problems on some
00:29of the roadways. I was just taking a look at some of the reports, the traffic cams, there's still
00:33some flooded roadways, so be careful if you're going to be heading out and traveling today.
00:36The other big thing is going to be the heat. Now temperatures are going to be in the low to mid 90s,
00:41however that might not seem all that bad for people in Houston, however the humidity is
00:45really what's going to be the big thing. With all the flooding rainfall that occurred,
00:49all of that moisture is going to be picked up and gone up into the atmosphere here,
00:53and it's going to make the real field temperatures feel like they're over 100 degrees, so it's going
00:57to be very very hot out there for today for anyone doing any recovery work, the line crews going out
01:03and trying to restore power, things like that. So even though the sun is out, it's going to be a
01:08difficult situation there during the day today. The heavy rain threat is going to continue up into
01:14the Ohio Valley during the day today. We're also going to have to watch for a tornado threat east
01:19of where the center of circulation is going to be. We saw a lot of tornadoes yesterday in eastern
01:24Texas, western Louisiana, and I'm afraid we could see the same thing today around the Ohio River
01:29Valley as the storm makes its way to the north and to the east. Again, areas from northeastern Arkansas
01:35to Louisville, this is the corridor I think that we're going to have to watch very very carefully
01:39during the day today and this afternoon for a tornado risk from Barrel. At your other lead
01:46hurricane expert Alex DeSilva, we appreciate your expertise always. It's just the beginning of the
01:50season so we know we'll be seeing your face quite a lot here over the coming weeks.