{
  "id": "2024-07-08-houston-community-college-hurricane-beryl-closure",
  "slug": "houston-community-college-hurricane-beryl-closure-2024-07-08",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Houston Community College",
    "shortName": "HCC",
    "state": "TX",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "HCC Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-07-08",
    "endDate": "2024-07-10",
    "type": "hurricane",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "headline": "Hurricane, July 8, 2024",
    "summary": "Houston Community College closed all facilities on Monday, July 8, 2024, as Hurricane Beryl made landfall and battered the Houston region, and [extended the closure through Tuesday, July 9 and Wednesday, July 10](https://communityimpact.com/houston/bay-area/education/2024/07/09/houston-area-schools-colleges-extend-closures-following-hurricane-beryl/) amid widespread power outages. The storm [knocked out power to more than 2 million CenterPoint Energy customers](https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/09/beryl-texas-houston-power-outages/) and was blamed for several deaths across the region.",
    "outcome": "All HCC facilities closed July 8-10, 2024. The closures were driven by storm damage and prolonged power outages affecting millions across the Houston region.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-07-07T10:27:07-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "WEATHER ALERT: HCC campuses will be closed Monday, July 8, due to inclement weather. For additional information see https://www.hccs.edu/alerts. #WeAreHCC #HurricaneBeryl",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/HOUCityCollege/status/1809972422902202467",
      "sourceDescription": "@HOUCityCollege on X (verbatim raw t.co)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact official @HOUCityCollege X post (status 1809972422902202467); supersedes prior reconstruction"
      ],
      "characterCount": 170
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2024-07-08T20:05:57-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "HCC ADVISORY: HCC campuses will remain closed Tuesday, July 9, to allow students and employees to recover from Hurricane Beryl.\n#hurricaneberyl #wearehccs #hccsoutheast",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/hccsecollege/status/1810480476131361025",
      "sourceDescription": "@hccsecollege on X (verbatim raw t.co)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact official HCC Southeast College X post (status 1810480476131361025) matching systemwide Tuesday closure language"
      ],
      "characterCount": 168
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2024-07-09T18:35:18-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "HCC ADVISORY: HCC campuses will remain closed Wednesday, July 10, to allow students and employees to recover from Hurricane Beryl. Visit http://www.hccs.edu/alerts/ for more updates. Stay safe!",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/HOUCityCollege/status/1810820054029594802",
      "sourceDescription": "@HOUCityCollege on X (verbatim raw t.co)",
      "annotations": [
        "Exact official @HOUCityCollege X post (status 1810820054029594802)"
      ],
      "characterCount": 193
    }
  ],
  "context": "Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the Texas coast and tore through the Houston region on Monday, July 8, 2024. Houston Community College closed all facilities that day and, per [Community Impact](https://communityimpact.com/houston/bay-area/education/2024/07/09/houston-area-schools-colleges-extend-closures-following-hurricane-beryl/), extended the closure through July 9 and July 10 as the region struggled to recover. [Houston Public Media](https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2024/07/08/492917/beryl-closures-houston-whats-closed-schools-offices-tuesday/) listed HCC among the schools and offices closed in Beryl's aftermath, and the [Texas Tribune reported more than 2 million CenterPoint customers lost power](https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/09/beryl-texas-houston-power-outages/), with the storm blamed for several deaths. The multi-day HCC closure illustrates how a hurricane's secondary effect (prolonged, widespread power loss) can keep a large urban community college shuttered for days even after the wind subsides.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "HCC closed all facilities for three consecutive days, July 8-10, 2024, around Hurricane Beryl",
    "The extended closures were driven primarily by widespread, prolonged power outages affecting millions in the Houston region",
    "These were advisory-category weather/closure notices rather than immediate-threat emergency notifications"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Houston-area schools, colleges extend closures following Hurricane Beryl",
      "url": "https://communityimpact.com/houston/bay-area/education/2024/07/09/houston-area-schools-colleges-extend-closures-following-hurricane-beryl/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "LIST: Schools, offices across Houston to remain closed Tuesday in aftermath of Hurricane Beryl",
      "url": "https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2024/07/08/492917/beryl-closures-houston-whats-closed-schools-offices-tuesday/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Millions of Texans face third day without power in summer heat",
      "url": "https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/09/beryl-texas-houston-power-outages/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "@HOUCityCollege X — WEATHER ALERT July 8 closure",
      "url": "https://x.com/HOUCityCollege/status/1809972422902202467",
      "type": "official-social"
    },
    {
      "title": "@hccsecollege X — HCC ADVISORY July 9 closure",
      "url": "https://x.com/hccsecollege/status/1810480476131361025",
      "type": "official-social"
    },
    {
      "title": "@HOUCityCollege X — HCC ADVISORY July 10 closure",
      "url": "https://x.com/HOUCityCollege/status/1810820054029594802",
      "type": "official-social"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "hurricane",
    "advisory",
    "texas",
    "community-college",
    "weather-closure",
    "power-outage",
    "hurricane-beryl",
    "houston"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-29",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-18",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}