Hurricane Beryl is set to make landfall along the Texas coast early on Monday, after regaining strength overnight to become a Category 1 storm, weather authorities warned, days after it barreled through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean, causing severe devastation.
Hurricane Beryl is expected to make landfall in Texas as a Category 1 storm.
According to the National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory, a hurricane warning is in effect along the Texas Gulf Coast, from Mesquite Bay to the town of Port Bolivar.
Just hours before landfall, top sustained wind speeds of 80 mph were reported from the storm and the NHC said “additional strengthening is expected before the center reaches the Texas coast.”
The agency also warned of storm surges as high as 7 feet along the coastal areas and localized instances of around 15 inches of rainfall along the Gulf Coast and Eastern Texas on Monday.
After making landfall, Beryl is expected to weaken significantly and move inland over eastern Texas, before reaching Arkansas on late Monday or early Tuesday.
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- That is the estimated number of deaths caused by Beryl so far after it struck parts of the Caribbean Islands and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.