Beryl weakens to a tropical storm after hitting Mexico but could become a hurricane again as it heads to Texas

Tropical Storm Beryl moved out of the Yucatán Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico Friday night, where it is forecast to take a path toward Mexico and southern Texas and regain hurricane strength along the way, forecasters said.

Tropical Storm Beryl moved out of the Yucatán Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico Friday night, where it is forecast to take a path toward Mexico and southern Texas and regain hurricane strength along the way, forecasters said.

The storm, which was a Category 4 hurricane when it devastated parts of the Caribbean island nations of Grenada and St. Vincent & the Grenadines, had weakened to a Category 2 by the time it made landfall Friday on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

It made landfall north of Tulum on the Yucatán Peninsula at 6:05 a.m. local time with 110 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center said. Photos shared by the governor of Quintana Roo, the coastal state where Tulum is, showed downed power lines, trees and flooding.

By 2 a.m. ET Saturday the storm had moved into the southern Gulf of Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, but those are expected to increase.

"We are expecting, unfortunately, to see environmental conditions conducive for Beryl to re-strengthen and regain hurricane strength," National Hurricane Center Director Michael Brennan said in a video update Friday.

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