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Hurricane Beryl SPOTREP

July 9, 2024  /  TLP:GREEN

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Contents

• Situation Overview and Highlights
• Impacts to Healthcare
• Supply Chain and Logistics

Situation Overview and Highlights

• Beryl made landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane at 5AM ET on Monday, July 8, near Matagorda, Texas. Its maximum sustained winds at landfall were 80 mph. As of Tuesday, July 9, Beryl is a tropical depression in northern Arkansas and moving into the middle-Mississippi and lower-Ohio valleys and southern Great Lakes.
• As of Tuesday, July 9, no major impacts to hospitals have been reported. Ongoing threats still include strong winds, storm surge, flooding rain, and tornadoes. 
• As of 9:30 AM ET on Tuesday, July 9, here are the power outage statistics of customers tracked in areas impacted by Hurricane Beryl. These numbers are subject to fluctuations as power is either reinstated in those areas or more outages are tracked.
  • Total Outages in Texas: 2,306,313
  • Percentage Without Power by County:
    • Polk: 90.43% (24,527)
    • Brazoria: 84.47% (38,864)
    • San Jacinto: 82.91% (15,824)
    • Wharton: 74.43% (4,740)
    • Montgomery: 73.11% (183,843)
    • Harris: 71.43% (3,163)
    • Matagorda: 70.70% (11,601)
    • Trinity: 70.16% (7,826)
    • Galveston: 55.05% (57,854)
    • San Augustine: 58.97% (3,620)
    • Sabine: 58.02% (5,776)
    • Liberty: 52.57% (24,530)
    • Walker: 50.16% (17,200)
    • Tyler: 44.84% (6,041)
    • Nacogdoches: 42.82% (16,238)
    • Shelby: 42.06% (6,768)
• The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to more than 27 million Texas customers – representing about 90 percent of the state’s electric load.
• On Friday, July 5, Acting Governor Dan Patrick issued a Disaster Declaration in preparation for Hurricane Beryl for 40 counties. On Saturday, July 6, 81 counties were added to the Disaster Declaration, bringing the total number of counties under the state of emergency to 121 counties.

Impacts to Healthcare

• As of Tuesday, July 9, no major impacts to hospitals have been reported.
• Based on the HHS emPOWER Map, which displays the total number of at-risk electricity-dependent Medicare beneficiaries, there are a total of 4,644,818 beneficiaries in Texas, 209,175 of which are at risk.
  • There are a total of 39,553 at-risk beneficiaries in the top sixteen counties with the highest percentage of power outages mentioned above.
• Significant flooding and power outages have the potential to temporarily impact the operating status of healthcare facilities. Power outages can potentially disrupt essential patientcare equipment and flooding can cause physical damage to the infrastructure.
• Any assessment of damage will occur as power is restored and safe travel resumes.

Supply Chain and Logistics

• Ports, including Houston, Corpus Christi, Galveston, and Freeport, closed on Monday, July 8 due to potential impacts from Hurricane Beryl.
  • The Port of Corpus Christi reopened midday on Monday, July 8 and has transitioned to “Post-Storm Recovery” following guidelines from their 2024 Hurricane Readiness Plan, as no major impacts were reported.
• Port and other transportation hub closures could temporarily delay crude exports, oil transport to refineries, and the distribution of motor fuels from refineries.
• As Texas leads the US in energy production, providing nearly one-fourth of domestically produced energy, impacts are heavily monitored.
  • There are concerns around fuel however they are most likely downstream impacts on supply and demand, which could potentially lead to increased prices.
  • Freeport LNG, the third largest liquefied natural gas facility in the US, slowed production ahead of landfall and hopes to resume normal operations if no damage occurs.

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