Beryl

Subscribe to NPR's Up First Email

Visitors pass a restaurant closed in advance of Beryl on Saturday in Port Aransas, Texas. Eric Gay/AP hide caption

toggle caption

Eric Gay/AP

Weather

Beryl headed for Texas, where it's expected to hit after regaining hurricane strength

July 6, 2024 • Texas officials are urging coastal residents to evacuate as the storm nears. Beryl, now a tropical storm, is expected to regain hurricane strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Homes destroyed by Hurricane Beryl lie in Clifton, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on Thursday. Lucanus Ollivierre/AP hide caption

toggle caption

Lucanus Ollivierre/AP

Weather

Hurricane Beryl strengthens back into a Category 3 storm as it nears Mexico

July 5, 2024 • After leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean and at least nine people dead, Hurricane Beryl strengthened back into a Category 3 storm late Thursday.

People place plywood over windows as they make last-minute preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl in Kingston, Jamaica, on Wednesday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption

Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Weather

Hurricane Beryl blasts past Jamaica and Caymans on its way to Mexico

July 3, 2024 • Beryl hit Jamaica as a Category 4 storm and by Thursday afternoon had weakened some but still forged on as a still-powerful Category 2, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

Good News: Beryl Weakened. Better News: It Drenched Parched Areas

A National Weather Service radar image of Beryl early this morning. It was stretching from North Florida into Georgia. National Weather Service hide caption

toggle caption

National Weather Service

The Two-Way

Good News: Beryl Weakened. Better News: It Drenched Parched Areas

May 29, 2012 • The tropical storm has brought much-needed rain to parts of Florida and Georgia. More rain is expected today and Wednesday.