Patrick, emergency officials urge Texans to take Beryl seriously [Video]

AUSTIN, Texas — On Sunday afternoon, leaders with the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick held a press conference warning Texans to take Beryl seriously.

“It will be a deadly storm for people who are directly in that path,” Patrick said. 

Beryl is currently categorized as a tropical storm but could intensify into a Category 1 hurricane by the time it makes landfall at around 4 or 5 a.m. on Monday. Patrick is urging Texans to get out of that area before it’s too late.

“Trust me, you don’t want to be in a Category 1,” Patrick said. “You’re looking at winds 85, 90 [miles] an hour, you don’t want to be in the six and 12 inches of rain, you don’t want to be in the flooding.”

On Saturday, Patrick added 81 more …