‘The hotel is shutting down:’ Port Lavaca evacuating ahead of Beryl

A notice from a Port Lavaca hotel telling visitors that they need to evacuate before the hotel closes ahead of Hurricane Beryl on July 7, 2024. (Gage Goulding, Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

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.

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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.


About the Authors
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Gage Goulding is an award-winning TV news reporter and anchor. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, he comes to Texas from Fort Myers, FL, where he covered some of the areas most important stories, including Hurricane Ian.

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A creative force with a lifelong passion for the arts. Exploring the realms of acting, singing, and film at an early age. With nearly 100 original songs, he is a BMI-published author, his music resonates on all major platforms, international video, films and Netflix.