The differences were extensive, Khan's team found. Sargent Island, near where Beryl made landfall at the mouth of Matagorda Bay, was "unrecognizable," Khan said. On the restored dunes of Follett's Island, due west of San Luis Pass and home to Surfside ...

A team of geologists from the University of Houston found extensive erosion in multiple areas along the coast in a matter of months, deeming it "unrecognizable."