 Two of them come down with some sort of heat-related illness. That's all we're being told right now. The outer bands of Tropical Storm Beryl are already being felt along the Texas Gulf Coast. Forecasters expect it to hit there as a hurricane. Texas has more than 2,000 first responders and 850 assets rostered and deployed in support of the state response to Beryl. Texas Department of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd.