Hurricane Beryl Makes History with Multiple Landfalls

• The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season has seen its first US landfall with Hurricane Beryl.
• Beryl is the second storm this season to hit Mexico, adding to an already devastating season.
• With three landfalls in under two weeks, Beryl is a reminder that climate change is making extreme weather more frequent and intense.

Acting Gov. Dan Patrick said it best: "Do not ignore this storm."

The Timeline:

• June 28: "Invest 95L" becomes Tropical Storm Beryl.
• June 29: Beryl strengthens into a hurricane.
• July 1: Beryl makes landfall in Grenada as a powerful Category 4 hurricane.
• July 2: Beryl intensifies into a Category 5 storm.
• July 5: Weakened to a tropical storm, Beryl makes landfall in Mexico as a Category 2.
• July 6: Projected to become a hurricane again, Beryl heads for Mexico or Southern Texas.
• July 7: Beryl expected to strengthen and hit Texas coast.
• July 8: Beryl makes landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, its third landfall.

Track Beryl's path and impacts here.

Matagorda, Texas, the quiet Gulf coast community where Beryl made its final landfall, is now facing the aftermath. Located ~200 miles southeast of Austin, they weren't alone in feeling Beryl's wrath: Grenada and Mexico also bore the brunt, and Texas' Travis County is now included in the Hurricane Beryl Disaster Declaration.

See the eye of the storm through graphics and satellite images, and the damage it caused in [Matagorda, Texas](URL to photo gallery).

The Takeaway

With the peak hurricane season still to come, Beryl is a stark reminder that climate change isn't a distant threat but a present danger. Ignoring the science, as some in power do, won't stop the storms. It's time to listen to the experts and prepare.