Beryl now tropical depression, moves away from Texas after destructive landfall as hurricane

After leaving a path of destruction across the Caribbean, Hurricane Beryl officially made landfall in the United States, the National Hurricane Center said early Monday morning.Now a tropical depression, Beryl is making its way through the Midwestern United States. According to the NHC, Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, Texas around 5 a.m. EST on Monday after strengthening into a Category 1 hurricane.Just after 11 a.m., Beryl was downgraded to a tropical storm before becoming the tropical depression that remains on Tuesday. Last week, Beryl started as an extremely catastrophic Category 5 hurricane — the earliest storm of that intensity in history. Right before slamming into Jamaica, Beryl was downgraded to a Category 4.The storm moved past the Cayman Islands and made landfall in Mexico at the end of last week before quickly weakening. Beryl entered the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm, but developed over the warm waters before hitting the Texas coast on Monday morning.Latest advisoryOn Monday night, the NHC said Beryl is now a tropical depression but continues to produce flooding rains across portions of eastern Texas, western Louisiana and Arkansas.According to the NHC, Beryl will bring heavy rain and possible flash flooding to parts of Mississippi throughout Tuesday and Wednesday. Beryl has maximum winds of 23 mph and a minimum central pressure of 1004 mb.The NHC has now stopped releasing advisories on Beryl, but will continue to monitor flooding threats for as long as they may last. Deaths reportedAt least 11 people were killed in the Caribbean after Beryl made its way across the territory.Three people were reported killed in Grenada and Carriacou and another in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, officials said. Two other deaths were reported in northern Venezuela, where five people are missing, officials said. Some 25,000 people in that area were also affected by heavy rainfall from Beryl.One fatality in Grenada occurred after a tree fell on a house, Kerryne James, the environment minister, told The Associated Press.She said Carriacou and Petit Martinique sustained the greatest damage, with scores of homes and businesses flattened in Carriacou.Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said Tuesday there was no power, roads were impassable, and the possible rise of the death toll “remains a grim reality.”First landfallBeryl first made landfall in the Windward Islands last Monday as a Category 4 storm, the National Hurricane Center said.Hurricane Beryl initially developed as Invest 95-L and was later upgraded to a tropical storm before strengthening into a major hurricane.Related: Hurricane KidCast: What's a hurricane? And more answers to kids' questionsRelated: Surviving the Season | 2024 Hurricane Special fromRelated: WESH 2 Hurricane Survival Guide 2024>> The Associated Press contributed to this story.