Watch live view of downtown Houston as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas

Watch a live view of downtown Houston as Texas prepares for Hurricane Beryl, which could become a Category 2 hurricane on Monday, July 8.

The storm is heading toward the city with maximum sustained winds of 130 km/h.

Beryl, which left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean this week, killing at least 11 people, is now a Category 1 hurricane and could strengthen to a Category 2 hurricane by the time it makes landfall on Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

School systems — including the state’s largest, in Houston — said they would close as the storm approached.

Airlines have also cancelled hundreds of flights and authorities have ordered several evacuations in seaside towns.

The closure of major oil shipping ports around Corpus Christi, Galveston and Houston ahead of the storm could disrupt crude oil exports, crude shipments to refineries and automotive fuel from factories.

Most of the northern Gulf’s offshore oil and gas production lies east of Beryl’s expected trajectory.