Hurricane Beryl

Hurricane Beryl made headlines across the country: from Texas, the Ohio River Valley, and eventually the parts of the Northeast.

They added two named storms and a major hurricane to their outlook, primarily because of near-record warm Atlantic and Caribbean waters and a lack of strong vertical wind shear.

Even after storms lose their hurricane status and head far inland, they can still cause dangerous floods. Storms like Beryl pose risks far from the coast, even in Canada.

At least three deaths were reported after Beryl's landfall. In Houston, the storm flooded roads and took down traffic lights. Cleanup could take weeks, officials said.

Beryl is set to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall along the Texas coast early Monday morning.

Texas officials are urging coastal residents to evacuate as the storm nears. Beryl, now a tropical storm, is expected to regain hurricane strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

After a rash of rip current deaths in Florida, officials are urging people to stay extra vigilant the remainder of the holiday weekend as distant Beryl churns up the surf along the Gulf coast and southeastern US. Here's Florida Storms'digital meteorologist Leslie Hudson with more.

The relief efforts include the Jamaican American Association of Central Florida and the heads of organizations in the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce of Florida.

Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Tulum as a Category 2 storm early Friday, following a destructive streak through the Caribbean. It's forecast to gain strength as it moves over the Gulf of Mexico.

After leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean and at least nine people dead, Hurricane Beryl strengthened back into a Category 3 storm late Thursday.

One meteorologist said Beryl was “the strongest and most dangerous hurricane threat that Jamaica has faced, probably, in decades.”

Record-shattering ocean temperatures have helped Beryl gain strength as it moves through the Caribbean. It is the most powerful Atlantic hurricane ever recorded this early in the year.