“Everything is gone, everything is gone,” Olive Rowe said, standing in her home on July 5, 2024, in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. While in the area, her home was destroyed. Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Mexico after passing through Caribbean islands including Jamaica.
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Beryl is speeding through Warm water The hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico is on a collision course with Texas and is expected to intensify and regain hurricane status before approaching the coast on Sunday and making landfall the next day, bringing heavy rain, high winds and dangerous storm surges.
A hurricane warning was issued for a large swath of the coast from Baffin Bay south of Corpus Christi to Sargent south of Houston, and a storm surge warning was also in effect. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for other areas.
“If current forecasts are correct, we expect the storm to make landfall somewhere along the Texas coast sometime on Monday,” said Jake Bevin, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. “If that happens, we expect the storm to make landfall somewhere along the Texas coast. , most likely a Category 1 hurricane.”
As of Saturday evening, Beryl was about 330 miles (535 kilometers) southeast of Corpus Christi, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph), according to the National Hurricane Center. It is moving northwest at 13 mph (20 km/h).
First developed into a storm Category 5 hurricane In the Atlantic, beryl killed at least 11 people as it passed through the Caribbean earlier this week. Then he was beaten brutally Category 2 hurricane in MexicoIt downed trees but caused no casualties, before weakening into a tropical storm as it crossed the Yucatan Peninsula.
Texas officials warned people along the coastline to prepare for possible flooding, heavy rain and strong winds.
On July 5, 2024, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, hurricane Beryl hit and the waves were rough.
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Acting Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued a preemptive disaster declaration for 121 counties during Gov. Greg Abbott’s visit to Taiwan.
“Beryl is a deterministic storm and the incoming winds and potential flooding will have a significant impact on Beryl’s path to landfall and as Beryl moves across the state over the next 24 hours,” Patrick said in a statement Saturday. Texans pose a serious threat.
Some coastal cities called for voluntary evacuations in low-lying areas prone to flooding, banned beach camping and urged visitors traveling over the National Day holiday weekend to move recreational vehicles from coastal parks.
Matagorda County spokesman Mitch Thames said officials issued voluntary evacuation requests for coastal areas of the county about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Houston.
“Our number one goal is the health and safety of all our visitors and certainly our residents. I’m not too worried about our residents. Those who live there, they’re used to it, they get it,” Thames said.
In Corpus Christi, officials asked visitors to shorten their trips and return home early if possible. Residents are advised to keep their homes safe by boarding up windows and using sandbags if necessary to prevent possible flooding.
Elizabeth Landry, an employee at an Ace Hardware store in the city on Saturday, said traffic had been flowing smoothly over the past three days as customers bought tarps, rope, tape, sandbags and generators.
On July 5, 2024, CFE personnel inspected light poles hit by Hurricane Beryl in Tulum, Mexico.
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“They’re just worried about wind and rain,” she said. “They want to be prepared just in case.”
Ben Koutsoumbaris, general manager of Padre Island Market in Corpus Christi, said there was “definitely a lot of buzz about the coming storm” and customers were stocking up on food and drinks, especially meat. class and beer.
In Refugio County, north of Corpus Christi, officials issued mandatory evacuation orders for its 6,700 residents.
Before reaching Mexico, beryl was forged devastation in jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados. Three deaths were reported in Grenada, three in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, three in Venezuela and two in Jamaica.
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