More Than $2.7 Billion in Losses Estimated After Hurricane Beryl

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency.

A cart return is mangled outside Tequilas Mexican Restaurant in the Southwind Plaza after an apparent tornado ripped through Mount Vernon, Ind., on July 9, 2024. MaCabe Brown/Evansville Courier & Press via AP

Damages from Hurricane Beryl across the United States could be as high as $2.7 billion, according to a July 11 report by catastrophe modeling company Karen Clark and Company’s (KCC).

While the storm was only a Category 1 when it made landfall in Matagorda County, Texas, it delivered devastating—and fatal—flooding and tornadoes to southeast Texas and several other states as it turned northeast toward Canada.