Hurricane Beryl cancels hundreds of flights in Houston area

HOUSTON – Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda on the Texas coast early Monday, canceling or delaying hundreds of flights in the Houston area.

According to KSAT 12’s sister station KPRC, a total of 513 flights were canceled out of Bush Intercontinental Airport and 122 more out of Hobby.

Flightaware.com reports that 12 flights to Houston from San Antonio International Airport have been canceled, with six still scheduled for later today.

Houston airports are currently reminding residents and travelers that airports are not intended to be storm shelters, saying they are short on supplies and staff to accommodate people seeking shelter from the storm.

No rain is expected in Beryl in San Antonio.

Beryl made landfall near Matagorda shortly after 4 a.m. Monday as a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 mph.

Beryl will move inland across eastern Texas, gradually weakening. Houston and Galveston are expecting damaging wind gusts.

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