ORLANDO, Fla. – Hurricane Beryl continues to break records for the Atlantic Basin.
As of 11 p.m. Monday, Hurricane Hunters have found that Beryl’s maximum sustained winds have increased to 160 mph, making the storm a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir Simpson scale.
Beryl becomes the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, beating Hurricane Emily from July 16, 2005.
That year went on to be the second-most intense hurricane season on record. Emily and now Beryl are the only two Category 5 hurricanes in the month of July.
Hurricane Beryl was already the strongest June hurricane, the easternmost hurricane to develop in the month of June and the earliest Category 4 storm on record. Records go back to the 1800s.
Beryl is expected to weaken as it encounters wind shear in the Central Caribbean.
Ok-disaster2022 on July 2nd, 2024 at 04:33 UTC »
Man, if this hits Cancun and then Texas, then where will Ted Cruz fly away to to abandon his state?
Cheapthrills13 on July 2nd, 2024 at 03:25 UTC »
Just Mother Nature’s way of saying “fuck you” … 🤔🫣
NNovis on July 2nd, 2024 at 03:23 UTC »
Every single projection I saw for this thing said it would get to a cat 3. This thing keeps blowing past expectations. If you live off the coast, I recommend getting prepped cause this looks like it'll be a baaaad hurricane season.