Hurricane Beryl heads for Texas as at least 11 killed in Caribbean

Damage caused by Hurricane Beryl on Union Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Photo: Reuters

Juan Lozano and Jim Vertuno

Beryl was hurtling across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico on a collision course with Texas, forecast to pick up strength and regain hurricane status before nearing the coast yesterday and making landfall today with heavy rains, howling winds and dangerous storm surge.

A hurricane warning was declared for a large stretch of the coast from Baffin Bay, south of Corpus Christi, to Sargent, south of Houston, and storm surge warnings were also in effect. Other parts were under tropical storm warnings.