Beryl moves over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

Beryl moved over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Friday after striking Tulum and prepared to reenter the Gulf of Mexico, prompting Texas officials to advise coastal residents to prepare.

Initially a Category 2 hurricane, Beryl caused no injuries or deaths in Tulum before weakening to a tropical storm.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center expects it to regain hurricane strength in the Gulf and potentially hit south Texas by late Sunday or early Monday.

Earlier in the week, Beryl, the earliest storm to become a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, caused at least 11 deaths in the Caribbean, the Associated Press has reported.

By Friday afternoon, the storm was near Mexico’s Gulf coast and 610 miles from Brownsville, Texas, with sustained winds of 65 mph. Forecasters predict it could reach 90 mph winds before making landfall in Texas.

Written by B.C. Begley