Texas braces for power outages, flooding as Beryl moves closer to landfall

By Mark Vancleave and Valerie Gonzalez | Associated Press

MATAGORDA, Texas — Beryl began lashing Texas with rain and intensifying winds Sunday as coastal residents boarded up windows, left beach towns under evacuation orders and prepared for the powerful storm that has already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean.

Although Beryl remained a tropical storm Sunday as it churned toward Texas, it threatened to potentially regain hurricane strength in the warm waters...