 Now, because of today's decision, that is highly, highly unlikely. Read the scripted statements at the White House, but did not take reporters' questions. Hurricane Beryl now a powerful Category 5 storm, backing winds of 160 miles an hour after making landfall as a Category 4 storm. Beryl is one of only three major hurricanes to pass south of Martinique since 1851, making it an incredibly rare storm. The forecast track now takes the storm across the Caribbean to Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico on Friday. The storm is expected to slowly weaken as it approaches Mexico.