Areas of low and high pressure along Beryl's path into the Caribbean and over the U.S. may have caused it to veer northward toward Texas.
The reasons why Hurricane Beryl suddenly veered north toward Texas have been revealed by a meteorologist.Hurricane Beryl was a Category 1 storm as it slammed into Texas on Monday morning, pummeling Houston and claiming seven lives on top of the 11 already killed on its way through the Caribbean, according to The Associated Press.
, Franze explained. This trough essentially sucked Beryl up into Texas just before it made landfall, making it veer closer to Houston than had first been predicted.'Troughs basically act like a wall that tropical cyclones cannot cross and cause the tropical cyclone to recurve and start moving northwest.
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