Palacios takes on damage after Hurricane Beryl makes its way through town overnight

PALACIOS, TEXAS — Cleanup is underway in Palacios after they took on significant damage from Beryl.

Trees, power lines and branches were just scattered across the city like it was effortless to remove them.

There are piles of debris throughout the city. Several people in Palacios have put together piles of debris have already been put together.

We saw destruction all throughout the town of 4,400 starting with when we drove into town. On the way into town Monday morning there was emergency personnel blocking off sections of the road before roping off wires that had fallen to ensure no one came into contact with them while live.

Sharon Trainer cleaned up all the debris in her yard once it was safe to be outside again. She explains what it was like walking outside once the storm lifted.

“A lot of the problems driving around that I saw there’s a lot of branches intertwined with the wires and the whole pole all the poles came down,” Trainor said.

As a result of those power poles going down the City of Palacios said there is no working communication with the Sheriff’s Office and Emergency Services.

Our crews also had limited cell signal. They have seen power crews in the area ready to work round the clock to fix everything.

There are several examples of Beryl’s power impacting areas across the Texas Gulf Coast. Several people in Palacios said they consider themselves fortunate after leaving their homes to assess the damage.

King of Kings Boxing and Fitness is a second home for Lupe Longoria.

“This is not work. This is something you enjoy being able to go to every single day,” Reporter Amanda Henderson said.

“I love it. I love it sometimes my wife she goes. When are you going to retire and I tell her I did,” Longoria said.

This is a place he started to help better his community.

“I’ve helped kids get off the streets,” Longoria said.

He’s showing us around in the dark. A direct result of Beryl’s impact on the town of 4,400.

“It was bad,” Longoria said.

Palacios saw several trees and power poles snapped in half as a result of the relentless wind and rain from hurricane Beryl leaving much of the town without power.

“The mileage wasn’t as high as the one years back that we rode out, and this one was real high winds seem like the winds were higher than what they were.”

Longoria said as soon as it was safe he rushed to see how his business had fared.

He said he’s thankful the only repair will be waiting for power to come back.

“Through these types of things you don’t know anything can happen and the expectations— I mean I’ve seen devastation and I turned the corner here and I was like OK. Everything is in place,” Longoria said.

Palacios is one of several cities experiencing power outages. At last check they still had active ones.