Hurricane Beryl Makes Final Landfall in Texas, Bringing Devastation to the Caribbean and Texas Coast

Nearly two weeks after its initial development, Hurricane Beryl made its third and final landfall along the Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane early Monday morning.

July 1, 2023
On July 1, Beryl made its first landfall in the southern Caribbean, ravaging Grenada's Carriacou Island as a Category 4 hurricane, killing at least six people, and leaving hundreds of buildings flattened. Later that night, it intensified into a Category 5, the earliest on record, fueled by record-high ocean temperatures.

Beryl's rapid strengthening stunned experts, setting multiple records:

• Earliest Category 4 hurricane on record
• Dropped to Category 3 on Monday
• First June major hurricane east of the Lesser Antilles

Landfall in Mexico and Texas
Beryl then made a second landfall in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula before moving north-northwest toward Texas, making its final landfall near Matagorda, Texas, around 4 a.m. CT on Monday.

Impacts in Texas

• Power Outages: Several thousand outages reported along the mid-Texas coast between Matagorda and Galveston on Monday morning.
• Warnings: Hurricane, tropical storm, and storm surge warnings in effect for various areas of the Texas coast.
  • A hurricane warning is issued when hurricane conditions are expected in the warning area.
  • A tropical storm warning indicates that tropical storm conditions are expected within 36 hours.
  • A storm surge warning means life-threatening inundation is possible in the specified locations within the next 36 hours.

URLs:

Hurricane Beryl Tracker: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?bucket=at2023&storm=AL032023

Matagorda, Texas, Location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Matagorda,+TX/@28.6776336,-95.9717111,11z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x86434bc7344b4f5b:0xd816e01dc6a3d44b!8m2!3d28.6777122!4d-95.9677212