 beginning Sunday and then continuing up until landfall on Monday. On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a severe weather disaster declaration for 40 counties in response to Beryl. The Texas Emergency Management Council agencies working around the clock preparing state emergency response resources. Beryl made landfall just north of Tulum, Mexico, Friday as a Category 2 storm, but no deaths were reported there. At least 11 people, though, have been killed in the Caribbean since Beryl.