The storm is likely to become a hurricane in Texas

Texans braced for the approach of Tropical Storm Beryl, which put nearly the entire coast under a hurricane watch Saturday, with its landfall forecast as a potentially damaging hurricane.

The storm, which barreled through Jamaica and the Caribbean earlier this week and was a hurricane when it made landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula Friday morning, killed at least 11 people. It weakened to a tropical storm as it moved across the Yucatan, but will strengthen to a hurricane again as it heads toward Texas, the National Hurricane Center said.

“This is a solid storm that’s still going strong,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said at a news conference Friday.

At 10 a.m. Texas local time, Beryl was 460 miles southeast of Corpus Christi in the Gulf of Mexico and moving west-northwest at 12 mph. I amIt is expected to turn northwestward on Saturday, then north-northwestward Sunday night, and reach the Texas coast late Sunday or early Monday morning.

Its winds were 60 mph Saturday, with high gusts. Saturday is expected to strengthen slightly, but the storm will intensify on Sunday.

A hurricane watch extends from the mouth of the Rio Grande to San Luis Pass. On Saturday, the National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for the Texas coast south to Baffin Bay to the mouth of the Rio Grande.

The northeastern coast of mainland Mexico from Barra El Mesquital to the mouth of the Rio Grande was under a tropical storm watch. A storm surge watch was in place from the mouth of the Rio Grande northward to High Island. Additional watches and warnings may be in place, the Hurricane Center said.

Beryl Tracker:See Spaghetti Patterns for the projected route of the route to Texas

Shocking Storm:Watch Hurricane Beryl’s track record as it tears through the Caribbean

Key developments:

∎ Officials say at least 11 people have been killed by beryl rippling in Jamaica, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and northern Venezuela. There were no casualties in Mexico.

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