Hurricane Beryl Update: Texas And Western Gulf Coast Brace For Weekend Arrival

South Texas and most of the Gulf Coast are nervously Beryl's next move after the Hurricane made landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Friday morning. The storm roared through Jamaica and the Caribbean leaving 11 dead as reported by USA Today.

Texas and the Gulf states were put on notice to brace for Beryl's arrival over the weekend. Friday afternoon the National Hurricane Center warned Friday, July 5 Hurricane Beryl was forecasted to regain hurricane strength as it heads to the western Gulf Coast.

Residents can watch the National Hurricane Live Radar to track the storm. For now the forecast cone shows Beryl will reach the coast between northeastern Mexico and the middle Texas coast by Monday. Corpus Christi, South Padre Island residents have begun distributing sandbags.

The next 24 hours are going to be nerve-racking, for residents along the entire Texas coast. Friday at press time, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is acting governor while Gov. Gregg Abbott is out of the country, and said Beryl was a “very slow-moving storm." Patrick continued, “Once it moves into the water, the storm will tell us more of where it is heading.”

Additional watches and warnings along the U.S. coast will continue as Beryl has the potential to reintensify as the center moves offshore. The National Hurricane Center sent an air of caution Friday that, “There is an increasing risk of damaging hurricane-force winds and life-threatening storm surge in portions of northeastern Mexico and the lower and middle Texas Coast late Sunday and Monday."