Beryl to intensify as deadly storm barrels towards Texas coast
Al Jazeera
Storm is expected to again reach hurricane strength over Gulf of Mexico after killing at least 11 across the Caribbean.
Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to strengthen as it heads towards the US state of Texas, after cutting a deadly trail across the Caribbean.
The storm is expected to hit the coast of Texas on Sunday night, two days after it made landfall in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.
Beryl was downgraded to a tropical storm, but it is expected to again strengthen to a hurricane as it travels over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
While no deaths were reported in Mexico, Beryl killed at least 11 people across the Caribbean after its strong winds and heavy rains lashed Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and northern Venezuela.
As it swept over the region, the storm rapidly grew to a Category 4 hurricane before briefly reaching Category 5 intensity, according to the United States-based National Hurricane Center (NHC).
