Beryl hit Tulum as a Category 2 hurricane and toppled trees and knocked out power, but caused no injuries or deaths.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center expects the storm to regain strength in the warm waters of the Gulf and hit south Texas by late Sunday or early Monday.
Beryl, the earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, caused at least 11 deaths as it passed through the Caribbean islands earlier in the week.The storm’s center Friday afternoon was on Mexico’s Gulf coast at Progreso, Yucatan, and was 580 miles east-southeast of Brownsville, Texas. It was moving west-northwest at 15 mph with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph , the hurricane center said.
“This is a determined storm that is still strong,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said at a news conference. Beryl spread destruction in Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados this week. Three people have been reported dead in Grenada, three in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, three in Venezuela and two in Jamaica, officials said.
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness promised swift relief for residents affected by Hurricane Beryl after visiting one of the worst-affected areas of the island, the southern parish of St. Elizabeth on Thursday afternoon.“I know some of you are experiencing discomfort and displacement, and I want to assure you that the government will move as quickly as we can to get you the help you need,” he said.
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