HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Beryl is currently a tropical storm over the Gulf of Mexico and on track to make landfall near Matagorda Bay early Monday morning as a category 1 hurricanes. Conditions will deteriorate quickly Sunday night with flash flooding, tropical storm to hurricane force winds, tornadoes and a storm surge up to 6 feet for coastal communities all on tap from Beryl.
Temperatures Saturday night will fall into the upper 70s under a mostly cloudy sky. A few showers developing over the coast could lift through the region Sunday morning, just the first of several rounds of rain on the way.
How’s the rest of the holiday weekend look?
Sunday morning will be relatively calm, so if you need to still make any last-minute errands before Beryl impacts the region, this will be the time to do it. A few showers will pull in from the gulf in the morning and afternoon before heavier bands of rain begin later in the day. Winds will also begin to pick up the second half of the day as Beryl approaches the Texas coast. This is also when the storm surge could begin to move into coastal areas as well.
How will Beryl impact Southeast Texas next week?
Beryl will likely make landfall in Matagorda Bay early Monday morning. This is looking like a high impact storm for Southeast Texas, and we need to be prepared for the impacts of this hurricane to arrive as early as Sunday night and continue through Monday. Tropical Storm Warnings for Houston and much of Southeast Texas, plus Hurricane Warnings and Storm Surge Warnings for other areas, have been issued. Because we believe the brunt of the impacts will be felt on Monday, that is now an ABC13 Weather Alert Day. For more frequent updates on Beryl and other tropical systems, head to our Daily Tropical Weather Update page.
How much rain could Beryl bring?
A Flood Watch has been issued for much of Southeast Texas, including Houston, for Sunday evening through Tuesday morning. Excessive rainfall and runoff from Beryl could flood rivers, creeks, streams and flood-prone areas. 5 to 10 inches of rain, upwards of 15 in spots, is expected to fall within this area. Street flooding will be a big concern, especially Monday, where water levels could quickly rise and leave motorists at risk
Southeast Harris County, including some portions of the City of Houston, is under a tropical storm warning. Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to make landfall southwest of the City near Matagorda Bay. 2-4 feet of beach inundation is possible. The City of Houston Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is monitoring the potential for impact from this storm.
Houston residents should pay close attention and begin taking steps in the event an emergency situation develops.
Protective Actions
Prepare your home and review your plans before a storm impacts the area.
Steps to Take Now:
Ensure your family has 5-7 days of food, water, and necessary supplies.
This includes enough prescription medication for at least this duration, in case pharmacies and doctor’s offices are closed.
Consider the unique needs of small children, seniors, special needs family members, and pets.
Decide what you and your family will do if the storm impacts your area. Most City of Houston residents are not vulnerable to storm surge and do not need to evacuate before a hurricane or tropical storm. Vulnerable residents who require electricity may also consider evacuation in advance of a major storm. For a map of hurricane evacuation zones and mandatory evacuation areas, visit: houstonoem.org/pages/hurricane
Develop a family communication plan, so that you know who to check in with after a storm. Visit houstonoem.org/pages/prepare for more information on developing a plan.
Know how to turn off your utilities. This includes electricity, water, and gas. Only turn off gas if instructed by local officials or by CenterPoint Energy.
Monitor Official Sources for Current Information: Rumors and misinformation can be common before and during major storms. It is important to seek out official information from trusted sources.
Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson and two former college football players were killed in a car crash overnight, according to Maryland State Police. Jackson was 24.
Jackson died after a three-car crash that occurred at 3:14 a.m. Saturday in Prince George’s County, according to police. Isaiah Hazel and Anthony Lytton Jr. — the two former players who were high school teammates of Jackson’s — were also killed in the crash, police said.
Police said Hazel was driving a Dodge Charger with Jackson in the passenger seat when their car was struck by an Infiniti Q50 attempting to change lanes at a high speed. The Charger left the road and struck multiple tree stumps.
According to police, Jackson and Hazel were pronounced dead at the scene, while Lytton was transported to a hospital before being pronounced dead by hospital personnel.
Neither the driver of the Infiniti Q50 nor her two passengers or the driver of the third vehicle was injured. Investigators believe alcohol may have played a role in the crash, police said, adding that charges are pending.
Jackson was selected by the Vikings in the fourth round of this year’s draft and had been considered a contender to start at cornerback.
“We are devastated by the news of Khyree Jackson’s death following an overnight car accident,” the Vikings said in a statement. “Our thoughts are with Khyree’s family, friends, teammates and coaches, as well as all the victims of this tragic accident.”
Jackson played his final season of college football at Oregon, and Ducks coach Dan Lanning was among those paying tribute to Jackson on social media.
Maryland and Charlotte coach Biff Poggi both mourned Hazel’s death on social media, as did Penn State for Lytton.
Jackson was an all-Pac-12 first-team selection for Oregon in 2023. Before joining the Ducks, he played two seasons at Alabama under coach Nick Saban. He had quit football at one point after high school before returning to the sport at a community college and ascending to the Division I level.
“I am absolutely crushed by this news,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said in a statement. “Khyree brought a contagious energy to our facility and our team. His confidence and engaging personality immediately drew his teammates to him. In our short time together, it was evident Khyree was going to develop into a tremendous professional football player, but what was more impressive was his desire to become the best person he could be for his family and those around him. I am at a loss for words. My heart goes out to Khyree’s family, friends, teammates and coaches.”
Jackson became an instant favorite among Vikings fans after he described his long journey from high school to the NFL draft. Speaking to Minnesota reporters after the draft, he said he was a non-qualifier after graduating from Wise High School in Maryland in 2017. He spent time at three different junior colleges while taking two seasons away from the game, before landing at Alabama in 2021.
During that interim, he said, he worked in the deli at a Harris Teeter grocery store and at one point won an award for employee of the month. “I told my mom and one point in time, ‘I guess I’m about to be working at a grocery store,'” he said. Later he gave serious thought to joining the NBA 2K league.
“When I ended up leaving my first junior college,” he said, “I was home for about six months but I told my friends that I was still in school. I stayed at my house for six straight months and nobody knew. It was kind of eating away at me, and then I finally just eventually told my friends. That moment really told me, like, man, if I was embarrassed to even tell them, I might want to get out and try to do it again instead of sitting here and sulking.”
Of his journey to Power 5 football and eventually the NFL, Jackson said he had no regrets.
“I wouldn’t change it for the world, though,” he said. “I feel like it taught me a lot of perseverance. It helped turn me into the man that I am today. I feel like I don’t take no shortcuts. I take everything for what it is and don’t really question too many things. I feel like that mentality came from JUCO and being at the bottom and seeing what it’s like to not have anything to having everything going to some of the top programs.”
TOMBALL, Texas — Tomball ISD leaders said they are hoping to recoup up to $1 million for repairs at Creekside Park Junior High School after vandals left extensive damage to the property.
What’s happening?
On June 18, TISD’s board of trustees unanimously approved the maximum price of $1 million in work to fix CPJHS. On June 17, Superintendent Martha Salazar-Zamora said the vandalism left:
About $333,000 in water damage
Between $347,000-$518,000 in ruined sheetrock
The repairs will only replace damaged materials, not upgrade features of the school, Salazar-Zamora said. The work should be completed before the 2024-25 school year begins Aug. 13. The 2023-24 school year ended May 23. Officials did not specify how the costs could be recouped.
Law enforcement is investigating the vandalism that occurred “after the close of school,” board Assistant Secretary Michael J. Pratt said on June 18.
“While we will let the law process work, we need to remediate and fix the damage to this school, and that requires us to address the flooring, the walls-and that’s sheetrock, that’s paint, that’s whatever it takes to repair the water damage,” Pratt said.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Deputies are searching for a hit-and-run driver who ditched a dead boy’s bike after hitting and killing him in northwest Harris County.
It happened along Windy Stone Drive at Concord Green Drive shortly before 11 p.m. on the July Fourth holiday.
Harris County sheriff’s deputies said an SUV was traveling north on Concord Green Drive and the young boy was traveling west on Windy Stone Drive when the collision happened. According to authorities, the driver ran through a stop sign before hitting the boy on his bike. The driver fled the scene, failing to stop and render aid, officials said.
The boy was flown to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was sadly pronounced dead.
Authorities identified him as 10-year-old Mohammad Hussain Khel.
According to HCSO, after the driver hit Mohammad, the bicycle was stuck underneath the driver’s SUV. It was dragged for nearly a mile before the driver got out, dislodged it and, at the intersection of Old Greenhouse and Kieth Harrow, left it on the side of the road.
“That part is unreal,” Sasha Allen, a neighbor who left a teddy bear at a growing memorial Friday night, said. “I just hope they find who did it and they get justice.”
“I don’t know who would do such a thing. I hope their guilt eats them,” another neighbor said as she looked over the balloons, stuffed animals, and heartfelt messages.
The only description investigators had was that the wanted suspect drove a dark-colored SUV.
“We are canvassing the area. We do think we may have some video,” Capt. Marcus Kinnard-Bing said. “A lot of people heard things, but we’re still working on the video.”
ABC13 reporter Courtney Fischer spoke to a neighbor who heard the crash.
“Sweet, sweet, sweet little boy,” Malaika Roberts said of Mohammad, who she described as well-mannered and respectful.
Roberts said Mohammad and some other boys were having fun across the street, shooting off fireworks and celebrating the Fourth. She went inside, and then she heard the loud crash.
“And within that split second, this happened,” Roberts recalled. “I thought it was a car wreck. It didn’t dawn on me that it was a little boy.”
Roberts and other neighbors in the area told ABC13 they see drivers run through that stop sign all the time.
“They always run that stop sign, that four way intersection, always,” Roberts said.
ABC13 spoke to several neighbors who had doorbell video of the horrific aftermath, though no one seemed to have gotten a good look at the driver or the vehicle that hit the boy.
In a post on social media, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez asked neighbors to check their security cameras. Anyone with information is urged to call the Harris County Sheriff’s Office at 713-221-6000, 713-274-7406 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).
A Hurricane Watch and Storm Surge Watch remains in effect from High Island down to the Texas/Mexico border. The center of the NHC forecast cone is focused in on Matagorda Bay, though the east side of the cone includes parts of Galveston Island, and there are some forecast models pulling the storm east of the Matagorda Bay center-line. The worst of the weather in Southeast Texas will be felt Monday as the storm makes landfall, and an ABC13 Weather Alert Day has been issued for Monday and Tuesday.
July 5 Update 10:00 p.m.
The Hurricane Watch has been extended to San Luis Pass and the Storm Surge Watch has been extended to High Island as the forecast cone for Beryl is now centered on Matagorda Bay. We are still anticipating a hurricane landfall Monday morning with high impacts to Southeast Texas. While Beryl is a struggling tropical storm now, it is expected to re-strengthen and become a hurricane again before landfall in Texas.
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — Shark attacks disrupted Fourth of July celebrations Thursday at South Padre Island as two people were taken to the hospital with bites, at least one of them severe, authorities said.
Police were called for the attack on the man who was severely bitten around 11 a.m., according to Nikki Soto, the South Padre Island city secretary. He was initially treated at the beach by firefighters and police.
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department said later in a statement that two people were bitten and two more “encountered” the shark but were not seriously hurt. One of the bite victims was taken to a hospital in Brownsville, and the other was “flown out for further treatment.”
Game Warden Capt. Chris Dowdy said that based on witness reports and images on social media, authorities believe a single shark about 6 feet long was responsible.
Soto said beach patrol, firefighters, and police were patrolling the shore and flying drones after the attacks.
The last reported shark attack in the area was five years ago, according to Dowdy.
Texas Parks & Wildlife is assisting with the investigation.
Hurricane Beryl is a cat 2 storm as it makes landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula this morning. This will bring significant impacts to many highly populated and often-traveled locations such as Cancun and Cozumel. Beyond the Yucatan, a weakened Beryl emerge in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday, regaining strength with warm water and low wind shear. The latest track from the National Hurricane Center has an eventual landfall on Monday morning anywhere from northern Mexico to Corpus Christi. Forecast models continue to favor the northern edge of the track, making the most likely landfall location somewhere from Brownsville to Corpus Christi.
Our coastal impacts will begin as early as Sunday, will elevated tides and rip currents. Tropical rains will push into Southeast Texas early next week, with many locations picking up between 3-5 inches of rain between Monday and Thursday. Our risk of seeing hurricane force winds is low, and we will continue to monitor the latest forecast modeling as the storm approaches.
July 4 Update 8:30 p.m.
The Hurricane Hunters have confirmed that Beryl is now a category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds as it makes its final approach to the Yucatan peninsula. We’ll have a new track forecast from the National Hurricane Center by 10 p.m.
July 4 Update 8 p.m.
The Hurricane Hunters have confirmed that Beryl is indeed strengthening again on its approach to the Yucatan peninsula. We’ll have a new track forecast from the National Hurricane Center by 10 p.m.
“I’m humbled, obviously, to be in this position,” Campbell said. You speak to the word first, to be the first. But that’s never really where my focus is, it’s always on the work, it’s on the impact, it’s on the job. There’s a lot to this game and to this job, and so, I’ve never taken it for granted.
“Though I am honored to be the first, I don’t want to be the only, and I honestly don’t feel like I’m the only in this organization. That’s also a very special feeling to be part of the Seattle Kraken organization and the staff and to stand by all the other remarkable women in this this League that are maybe not behind the benches. But there’s a long list of incredible women that are doing phenomenal jobs, here in management, scouting, player development. I’m just excited to do my part now behind the bench.”
Campbell, 32, joined the Kraken organization two seasons ago as an assistant in Coachella Valley, Seattle’s affiliate in the American Hockey League. She was the first woman to coach in AHL history.
Dan Bylsma was the coach of Coachella Valley for the past two seasons. He was named coach of the Kraken on May 28 after leading the Firebirds to back-to-back appearances in the Calder Cup, the AHL’s championship series. Coachella Valley lost to Hershey in each of those appearances.
He replaced Dave Hakstol, the first coach in the four-season history of the franchise. Hakstol was fired after the Kraken went 34-35-13 last season and finished 17 points removed from a Stanley Cup Playoff position
Bylsma, who won the Stanley Cup as coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009, said he is impressed with Campbell’s work ethic and her ability to help younger prospects to develop, He mentioned forwards Tye Kartye and Shane Wright and defenseman Ryker Evans as examples.
Kartye opened eyes after a call-up during the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2023. This season, the undrafted forward had 20 points (11 goals, nine assists) in 77 regular-season games. Shane Wright, the No. 4 pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, had four goals in eight NHL games this season. Evans, 22, played his first 36 NHL games last season and had nine points (one goal, eight assists).
“Over the last two years the work with Tye Kartye and Shane Wright and Ryker Evans has clearly been evident,” Bylsma said. “She’s been able to develop those players, develop them as people and, most importantly, as hockey players. Jess is going to be working with the forwards and I am super excited about that.”
Campbell will also work with the power play, helping veteran assistant Bob Woods, who was also hired Wednesday. The 56-year-old has been a NHL assistant for the Minnesota Wild, Washington Capitals, Anaheim Ducks and Buffalo Sabres.
“With Jess helping me here, she’s going to be awesome,” Woods said. “I’ve only known her for a few days, but she’s good, she’s really good. And she’s going to be very beneficial for me.”
Seattle general manager Ron Francis first became aware of Campbell when she was an assistant coach for the men’s national team in Germany. A former NHL teammate, Tom Rowe, was also involved in the German program and recommended Campbell as someone who could teach skills and help behind a bench.
Francis took the chance, hiring her for Coachella Valley and watching closely to see how she handled the added responsibility and pressure.
To say he has been impressed would be an understatement.
“I’ve had the opportunity to watch her work the last couple years,” Francis said. “Probably not something she liked, but I sat in some power-play meetings that she was presenting, just to kind of get a sense of how it was going. And, you know, she’s got a real good knowledge of the game, a real good skill set in the development part as well. So I think the staff complements each other. And I think Dan’s done a good job putting it all together. We’re excited to see what it holds for us going forward.”
Campbell played four seasons of NCAA hockey for Cornell and then played professionally in Canada and Sweden. Eventually she became a skating and skills coach, building up a client base that featured several NHL players.
It was then that she started thinking about coaching. She wasn’t sure how it would happen, but she also intrinsically believed it to be a possibility to reach this level.
Now she is here and she is ready to embrace the opportunity.
“Just to believe anything is possible,” Campbell said. “Maybe in a naive way, I’ve had the courage to believe that this could be possible. Even though I didn’t see it, I believed I could do it. And I think that with that inner belief, whatever it is, in sport, in life, you can create whatever you believe in.
“I think what’s special and I’m excited about here in Seattle, whether it’s a young girl or young boy’s first NHL game, they’re never going to see anything different than what they can possibly become. And I’m happy to be able to play that role and picture that for the young kids.”
Sources told ABC News on Wednesday that President Joe Biden has privately acknowledged that the next few days are critical to determining whether he can stay in the race for a second term.
“This is false,” White House senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said about the ABC News reporting and similar accounts from other news organizations.
Biden has privately told at least two people close to him in the last few days that he recognizes how difficult his political predicament is.
While he still views himself as the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump, he signaled to one ally that he is keeping an “open mind” about his path forward, sources familiar with conversations tell ABC News.
President Joe Biden will sit down with ABC News on Friday
He has campaign events scheduled in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in the coming days, an interview scheduled with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on Friday, and a news conference next week at the NATO summit. All of those events represent big opportunities for Biden to change public perceptions, according to those around him.
Publicly and privately, the president is making calls and arranging meetings to communicate his view that he remains the strongest candidate to take on Trump.
Over the last few days, he has spoken to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chris Coons, Rep. Jim Clyburn, among others.
Biden was scheduled to have a private lunch with Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday and a meeting with Democratic governors later in the day, important marking points. Both were added to his schedule in the aftermath of the debate.
A person close to the president says he understands the stakes of this election and the importance of defeating Trump and has continued to insist he is ready for this moment.
“I would not be running again if I didn’t believe with all my heart and soul I can do this job,” Biden said in North Carolina after the debate.
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Biden has been consistent that he doesn’t want to be pressured into making the decision; he has remained “calm” during this moment, according to people who have interacted with him. Close members and associates are giving him space to see if that continues.
Separately, The New York Times has reported that Biden is weighing whether to continue in the race, a claim that the campaign is angrily denying.
“That claim is absolutely false. If the New York Times had provided us with more than 7 minutes to comment we would have told them so,” Bates said.
Sources contacted by ABC News said he has not gone so far, to their knowledge, as to say he cannot salvage his campaign.
