 Turning to Hurricane Beryl, this from NBC. National Hurricane Center said it made landfall near the coastal town of Matagorda, Texas, about 85 miles south-southwest of Houston, packing maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour. The life-threatening storm surged, damaging wind gusts and flooding rainfall, according to the center, continued to batter southeastern Texas. Two people died after trees fell on their homes in Harris County, Texas. The storm has now claimed the lives of at least 13 people in the past week.