 But Mike Brennan of the National Hurricane Center in Miami updating the storm's ferocity is urging people in Texas and Louisiana to be ready. We're expecting Beryl to move over the Gulf of Mexico as we go from late Friday into the weekend as a tropical storm initially, but expected to re-strengthen to a hurricane in the western Gulf and potentially affect northeastern Mexico, south Texas as we go from Sunday into Monday. For now, Beryl is striking the southern coastline of Jamaica with winds approaching 140 miles per hour.