Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the Texas coast early Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, battering the Lone Star State with high winds, flooding, and power outages.

The storm made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico at roughly 4 a.m. CDT, intensifying into a Category 1 hurricane just before hitting land. The National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. CDT advisory that the storm presents “life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds and flooding rainfall” to residents in eastern Texas.

Across the entire state, more than 2 million customers are without power as the storm barrels forward. The greater Houston area is facing the brunt of the storm, with the region being hit by a flash flood warning and multiple tornado warnings.

The storm has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph as of 9 a.m. CDT, making it barely a hurricane, with wind gusts of up to 84 mph being reported by the National Weather Service at Houston Hobby Airport.

Various cities have reported damage, including the city of Rosenberg (located southwest of Houston), which saw downed trees, flooding, and other debris.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the storm was responsible for the death of a 53-year-old man who was riding out the storm at his home. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez posted on X that the man was killed when an oak tree fell on his roof and hit the rafters. Gonzalez said the man’s wife and children were unharmed.

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Hurricane Beryl battered the Caribbean and Mexico last week, killing nine other people before hitting Texas.

The storm is projected to continue through Texas on Monday, with the remaining bands heading northeast and hitting Indiana by Wednesday.