 Neither the White House nor the Department of Energy immediately responded to a request for comment. For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston. After claiming half a dozen lives and causing extensive damage in Grenada and Barbados, Hurricane Beryl continues to churn through the waters of the Caribbean Sea. Beryl becoming a monster Category 5 hurricane with maximum winds of up to 157 miles an hour before weakening just slightly to a strong Category 4 storm.