Hurricane Beryl Bears Down on Yucatan Peninsula, Sets Eyes on Southeast Texas

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula southeast of Cancun in the early morning of July 5, and the most recent forecasts project it will turn north and head for Texas. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported at 7 a.m. CDT that maximum sustained winds were still reaching 100 mph with even higher gusts. Hurricane-force winds (sustained winds of at least 75 mph) extend 30 miles out from the storm’s center, and tropical-storm-force winds (sustained winds of at least 39 mph) extend out 105 miles. Large sections of the Yucatan coastline, including popular vacation destinations like Cancun and Cozumel, are under a hurricane warning, and a hurricane watch is in effect for the stretch of coastline south of Puerto Costa Maya to Chetumal and north of Cancun to Campeche...