Beryl: Look back from tropical storm to hurricane with landfall, impacts on Texas, Florida
From Invest 95L to Beryl: As we track Beryl's path, here's a look back at the tropical storm that strengthened into a hurricane and made landfall twice in one week. Experts predict Beryl to make landfall a third time as a hurricane.
Hurricane season runs June 1 to Nov. 30, with the busiest part of the season between August and October.
On Friday, June 28, 2024, the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued advisories on "Invest 95L." At 11 p.m. June 28, the tropical cyclone became Tropical Storm Beryl.
On Saturday, June 29, the National Hurricane Center reported Beryl strengthened into hurricane status by 5 p.m.
On Monday, July 1, Beryl was a powerful Category 4 hurricane that hit Carriacou Island, Grenada, with 150-mph winds. The photo below by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Beryl at landfall days ahead of the July Fourth holiday.
On Tuesday, July 2, Hurricane Beryl strengthened into a Category 5 storm with 165 mph winds.
On Friday, July 5, Beryl weakened into a tropical storm, but made landfall near Tulum, Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 2 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. That was Beryl's second landfall in a week. By then, the storm was moving ashore as a Category 2 with 110-mph winds.
On Saturday, July 6, Tropical Storm Beryl was projected to become a hurricane when it makes landfall (potentially the storm's third) in northeastern Mexico or southern Texas late Sunday into Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
While Florida won't be directly affected by Beryl, the hurricane center warned of life-threatening surf and dangerous rip currents associated with the storm along the Gulf Coast, from Florida to Mexico.
The photo gallery below contains graphics and satellite images of Beryl, from Invest 95L to tropical storm and hurricane, from NOAA, the National Hurricane Center and AccuWeather.
This article originally appeared on Florida Today: Hurricane Beryl: Images show storm pass Florida, head to Mexico, Texas
