Strom clouds are seen at Galveston Island as Tropical Storm Beta will make landfall near Matagorda Bay on September 21, 2020 in Galveston, Texas. (Photo by Zeng Jingning/China News Service via Getty Images) HOUSTON (AP) - Beta weakened to a tropical depression Tuesday as it parked itself over the Texas coast, raising concerns of extensive flooding in Houston and areas farther inland.Beta made landfall late Monday as a tropical storm just north of Port O’Connor, Texas, and has the distinction of being the first time a storm named for a Greek letter made landfall in the continental United States.