Urges Final Preparations Before Storm Impacts AUSTIN – Acting Governor Dan Patrick today urged Texans to make final preparations and announced that he has added 81 counties to the state’s Hurricane Beryl Disaster Declaration as storm forecasts have shifted the expected landfall north and east of previous projections. This brings the total number of... Read more »
AUSTIN – Acting Governor Dan Patrick issued this statement today following his press conference with Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Chief Nim Kidd: “As Hurricane Beryl approaches the Texas coast, now is the time for Texans to make their final preparations to protect themselves and their property. 121 counties are already under state disaster... Read more »
After leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean and at least nine people dead, Hurricane Beryl has strengthened back into a Category 3 storm as it chugs over open water toward Mexico’s resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula.
Hurricane Beryl is roaring by Jamaica, bringing fierce winds and heavy rain after the Category 4 storm killed at least seven people in the southeast Caribbean.
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Just hours after Hurricane Beryl pummeled the Windward Islands with devastating winds and a powerful storm surge as major Category 4 storm, Beryl strengthened even further, reaching Category 5 strength on Monday evening and shattering the record for the earliest Category 5 hurricane observed in the Atlantic basin.
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Hurricane Beryl has been barreling through the Atlantic for over a week, fueled by exceptionally warm waters to become the earliest Category 5 hurricane.
AUSTIN – Acting Governor Dan Patrick issued this statement today following his press conference with Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) Chief Nim Kidd: “As Hurricane Beryl passes through Texas, the state’s efforts have switched from preparedness to response, and in some areas are quickly moving into recovery. Texas has assets deployed throughout the Coastal... Read more »
The category one storm dealt the city disastrous damage. Houston’s first direct hit from a hurricane in decades showed how vulnerable the nation’s energy capital remains.
Three people died due to trees falling on homes while a third died while driving to their job at Houston PD. CenterPoint has yet to announce a timeline for restoring power to 2.2 million customers.
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean on July 1, 2024, while aboard the International Space Station, and
Hurricane Beryl slammed Texas on Monday, and while Beryl was only a Category 1 cyclone, the storm caused widespread damage in places like Houston and Galveston, knocked out power to nearly 3 million and killed at least seven people in the U.S.
The ferocious winds have died down, and the floodwaters have started to recede in East Texas two days after historic Hurricane Beryl made landfall, but the danger is far from over for the more than 1.6 million utility customers who remain in the dark and without air conditioning as the brutal heat and humidity continue.
The situation in the Caribbean is becoming more dire, and residents are being warned to finish preparations as soon as possible ahead of Hurricane Beryl. The storm rapidly intensified and strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane and could unleash catastrophic destruction across populated island nations starting early Monday morning.
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Hurricane Beryl crashed ashore along the central Texas coast early Monday morning, pummeling the area with 90 mph wind gusts that brought life-threatening storm surge, widespread damage, and knocking out power to well over 2 million people while leaving at least several dead.
Hurricane Beryl and its record-setting early season journey that culminated in three devastating landfalls and a trail of deadly destruction is likely just the start of a budding "hyperactive" hurricane season, according to the updated hurricane season forecast from experts at Colorado State University released Tuesday.
Beryl's track over the region was "close to a worst-case scenario," according to Space City Weather editor Eric Berger, who called it one of the Houston area's most significant wind events in several decades along with Hurricane Alicia in 1983 and Hurricane Ike in 2008. A hurricane's most damaging winds are typically northeast of its eye.
Hurricane Beryl lashed the southeastern Caribbean as a Category 4, then strengthened even further to Category 5 — an unprecedented strength this early in the Atlantic season.
Hurricane Beryl continues to charge across the Caribbean Sea after the then-Category 4 hurricane slammed into Grenada on Monday with catastrophic wind damage, life-threatening storm surge flooding and 10 inches of rain. The hurricane has since strengthened into a monster Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph and forecasters say it could remain a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher) through at least Wednesday. But where is Hurricane Beryl headed next?
An outbreak of Saharan dust has kept tropical activity in the Atlantic Basin at bay since Hurricane Beryl lashed Texas more than two weeks ago, but the current lull might not last much longer due to an expected change in weather patterns across the tropics beginning in early August.
Beryl made landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane on 8 July, bringing dangerous storm surge and the risk of flash flooding. It is expected to weaken rapidly after landfall, according to WMO’s Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre Miami, which is operated by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Tropical Storm Beryl is now expected to become a major Category 3 hurricane as it moves through the Windward Islands, the National Hurricane Center warns.
Beryl was expected to make landfall in the Windward Islands on Monday morning. Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Hurricane warnings are in effect for Barbados, Grenada, St. Lucia, Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines as thousands of people hunkered down in homes and shelters.
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