Texas is preparing for Hurricane Beryl - Sturm becomes a threat again

Texas is preparing for Hurricane Beryl - Sturm becomes a threat again

Sturm «Beryl» threatens US coast with a new hurricane strength

The inhabitants of the state of Texas are preparing for the upcoming arrival of the “Beryl” storm, which is expected to meet the US coast as a hurricane via the Gulf of Mexico. Although the storm in the Caribbean reached its maximum strength as category 5, it has lost intensity since then and was downgraded into a tropical storm. The wind speeds are currently constant at 95 kilometers per hour, but it is expected that "Beryl" will reach the hurricane strength of at least 119 km/h during the day over the open sea in the Gulf of Mexico. The landfall on the coast of South Texas is expected for Monday.

preparations and evacuations in Texas

In the course of the impending danger, the authorities have pronounced hurricane warnings for parts of the golf coast, including the city of Corpus Christi. In the County Refugio, where about 7,000 people live, an mandatory evacuation was ordered. In other counties, residents were asked to voluntarily get to safety. The provisional governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, proclaimed the emergency in 121 Countys. Meteorologists warn of severe rainfalls, floods and potential tornadoes.

earlier destruction in Mexico and Caribbean

in Mexico, "Beryl" met the Hurricane of Level 2 near Tulum on the Yucatán peninsula and caused extensive damage, including kinked trees and power outages. The storm had previously raged across several Caribbean Islands, with at least eleven people killed. On some islands in the southeast of the Caribbean, over 90 percent of the houses were damaged or destroyed. In Jamaica there were still hundreds of thousands of households without electricity.

climate change as the cause of extreme vertebral storms

The unusually early origin and intensity of «beryl» in this Atlantic hurricane season indicate the increasing probability of strong vertebral storms, which are favored by warmer sea water as a result of climate change. This development illustrates the need to prepare for increasing natural disasters and to take the effects of climate change seriously.

- Nag