Tropical storm Beryl is gaining strength, hammering the Texas coast with wind, rain and rip currents after leaving a swath of destruction and at least 11 dead across the Caribbean and Mexico.
Before it makes landfall early Monday, Beryl could strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane as it travels over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
“People should be preparing for the possibility of a Category 2 hurricane landfall,” wrote hurricane expert Eric Blake in a forecast from the National Hurricane Center. “Preparations should be rushed to completion.”
