 columnist Chris Powell joins us right away. This is WICC's 600 AM and 107.3 FM, Southern Connecticut's news and information leader. Tropical storm Beryl is bringing heavy rains and damaging winds to Texas. That's according to the National Hurricane Center's latest advisory. The storm made landfall this morning near Matagorda. Beryl is currently around 55 miles north of Houston with maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour.