Hurricane Beryl live blog: Tulum hit by category 2 storm, now a category 1

Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph is checking in on X from Jamaica as the "potentially catastrophic" Hurricane Beryl moves across the eastern Caribbean Sea.

"From the looks of the sky, it looks like Beryl is going to be here much sooner than the news keeps saying," Ralph reported. "I just wanted to say to everybody, please, stay inside. There's a curfew starting at 6 AM tomorrow night- tomorrow morning. Stay off the road in Kingston. I hope you put oil in your lamp and are taking extra care."

She recalled Hurricane Gilbert, which hit the Caribbean in September 1988, wreaking havoc for nearly nine days.

"We remember that Gilbert was a three and Beryl is a four," she said.

The actress ended the video with a bid goodnight. An hour later, Ralph updated her X, saying she couldn't sleep, but would binge TV to calm her nerves.

More of South Texas is now included in the five-day forecast cone for Sunday.

If Beryl does not weaken much, the impacts to Texas will likely be greater early next week. Any impacts in Southeast Texas would likely occur in the Sunday through Tuesday window.

Hurricane Beryl continues with record-breaking numebrs after becoming the fastest Category 5 on record.

Read more on the storm forecast for Texas here.

Cole and Emily Crews, known online as The Adventure Crews first set sail out of Kemah two years ago when they bought their boat.

Nearly 9,000 nautical miles later, the Florida couple found themselves in Grenada during Hurricane Beryl's passage.

On Monday, they told ABC13 Eyewitness News they were thankful they were safe after encountering several scary moments as Hurricane Berly began to land.

The summer months are a time of peak travel and boating, Especially in the Caribbean. ABC13 reporter Daniela Hurtado spoke with two sailors who are in the path of Hurricane Beryl.

Read more here.

Beryl is the first major hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season and broke records as it reached Category 5 strength on Monday before downgrading to a Category 4 on Tuesday.

Beryl became the first Category 4 hurricane on record in the Atlantic for June and the only storm ever to rapidly intensify before Sept. 1.

Beryl is the first major hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season and broke records as it reached category 4 hurricane strength over the weekend.

How did Hurricane Beryl become a Category 5?

The unusually warm waters across the tropics are rocket fuel for hurricanes and can aid in the rapid intensification process.

So when conditions are right, any tropical system could rapidly intensify this season, potentially leading to more hurricanes and even major hurricanes developing this season.

Read more on the unprecedented hurricane strength here.