Father Killed as Tree Flattens His Home During Texas Hurricane
At least two people were killed in the Houston area on Monday when trees fell on homes as Hurricane Beryl descended on Texas, before the system was expected to turn north toward Arkansas by early Tuesday morning.
Among those confirmed dead were a 53-year-old father and a 74-year-old grandmother, authorities in Harris County said.
The man, who was not publicly identified, was sitting indoors with his wife and children in Humble when an oak tree crashed through the roof and hit the home’s rafters, leaving him pinned underneath, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez wrote in a post on X.