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‘The hotel is shutting down:’ Port Lavaca evacuating ahead of Beryl
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PORT LAVACA, Texas – As Tropical Storm Beryl eyes up its final track along the Texas Gulf Coast, entire communities are fleeing for higher and drier ground.
On Saturday night, hotel staff at the Holiday Inn Express in Port Lavaca hand-delivered notices to every guest in the hotel alerting them that they had to leave in the morning as everyone is evacuating.
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“The hotel is shutting down for the Hurricane Beryl. Everyone must check out in the morning,” reads the notice. “Media crew is excluded.”
The hotel is positioned right alongside the Lavaca Bay, which could see storm surge as high as six feet above ground level.
KPRC2′s Gage Goulding and Photojournalist Oscar Chavez are both positioned at this hotel to intercept Beryl.
Beryl is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane once again before making its third and final landfall.
Winds from then Hurricane Beryl could reach as high as 110 mph, according to forecasts.
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Gage Goulding, Oscar Chavez
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