The National Hurricane Center is forecasting the storm to make landfall in Texas as a hurricane.
Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Cozumel, Mexico, on Friday morning as a Category 2 hurricane, blasting the coast and knocking out power in several resort and vacation towns. The storm is churning inland now and will briefly weaken over land before emerging over the Gulf of Mexico late Friday and then reorganizing.
Beryl swept ashore in Mexico around 6 a.m. just north of the beach resort of Tulum, whipping palm trees with 100 mph winds and pounding communities with rain. There were widespread blackouts, but no casualties were reported, according to Laura Velázquez, the national coordinator of civil protection. The region is accustomed to hurricanes; in 2005, Hurricane Wilma caused eight deaths and billions of dollars in damage. So Mexican authorities took ample precautions this time. They sent nearly 10,000 army, navy and national guard forces to help victims and to patrol rain-slicked streets.With the storm on a collision course with the west coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Hurricane Center plans to issue tropical storm, storm surge and hurricane watches for portions of Texas and northeast Mexico.
Another wild card is exactly where Beryl will come ashore. Models project Beryl will parallel the coast of Tamaulipas, Mexico, and Texas on approach, meaning small wobbles in the track will have dramatic implications in ultimate landfall location.A significant influence on the track forecast is a dip in the jet stream over the Central United States, which will try to tug Beryl northward. But when, and where, that tug happens remains to be seen.
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