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In response to
"Two Million folks still without power around Houston in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. Restoration will be a multi-day effort."
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Qale
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Thus far 7 deaths have been marked as attributed to the storm. 4 in Harris County, 3 in Montgomery County.
Posted by
Qale
Jul 8 '24, 18:32
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Houston Mayor John Whitmire said a first responder was killed while trying to get to work during Hurricane Beryl. The civilian employee for HPD exited I-45 but got trapped in high water at the Houston Avenue underpass. The man called friends at HPD for help but when they got to him, it was too late. They spent the afternoon recovering his body from his car. The mayor asked for prayers for his family.
Two people in Harris County, a man in Humble and a woman in Spring, were also killed by falling trees and a woman in SE Houston died in a fire.
Montgomery County Judge Mark Kough said there have been at least three storm-related deaths in the county. In New Caney, a man in his 40s was on a tractor late Monday morning when a tree fell on him and crushed him. Two people who appear to be homeless were found dead after a tree fell on their tent in Montgomery.
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