He Texas Government prepares to receive Beryl, which like a hurricane caused death and destruction in the Caribbean, and This Friday it will pass through Mexico and then continue towards the United States. as the first tropical system to make landfall this season.

Beryl, which has reached category 5, the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale, is expected to strengthens in the warm waters of the Gulf of MexicoIt will then complete its route through Mexico and arrive in Texas, expected Monday morning.

The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) has increased its emergency response level in preparation for Beryl’s arrival, as ordered by Governor Greg Abbott.

Berries is currently located 1,045 kilometers (650 miles) east-southeast of Brownsville, Texas, in border with Mexico.

According to the latest NHC bulletin, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season currently has maximum sustained winds of 115 kilometers per hour (70 miles), making it a tropical storm.

“Texas is prepared to quickly deploy all available emergency response resources to assist at-risk communities,” the Texas governor said in a statement.

The Republican also urged coastal residents and visitors to develop an emergency plan, review hurricane evacuation routes and continue to monitor weather conditions to ensure their safety and the safety of their loved ones.

Voluntary evacuations of the Coastal Bend region, made up of nine coastal counties including the city of Corpus Christi, begin this Friday, while other areas prepare for the system’s arrival with sandbags.

The city of Brownsville, like cities in the southwest Rio Grande Valley, has distributed hundreds of sandbags to residents to form flood-prevention barricades.

The main threat Texas has faced from past hurricanes is heavy rains and flash flooding, such as that caused by Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall on the Texas coast in August 2017.

EFE