 Barrel came ashore this morning as a Category 1 hurricane. In the storm's path, multiple local authorities told people to evacuate. Residents boarded up windows, stocked up on supplies. Some filled up on gas as they fled town. Barrel battered Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane last week, toppling trees but causing no injuries or deaths before weakening to a tropical storm as it moved across the Yucatan Peninsula. Before hitting Mexico, Barrel wrought destruction in Jamaica, Barbados, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.