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Beryl developed from a [[tropical wave]] that left the coast of Africa on June 25. After forming on June 28 in the [[Main Development Region]], it began [[rapid intensification|rapidly intensifying]] as it moved west through the central [[tropical Atlantic]]. On July 1, Beryl made landfall on the island of [[Carriacou]] in Grenada as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, causing extensive damage. The hurricane intensified further as it entered the [[Caribbean Sea]], peaking as a Category 5 hurricane early the next morning with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph (270 km/h) and a minimum [[atmospheric pressure|pressure]] of {{convert|934|mb|inHg}}, before slowly weakening over the next few days due to more unfavorable conditions as it passed south of [[Jamaica]] and then the [[Cayman Islands]]. It briefly re-intensified to a Category 3 before weakening again as it made landfall in [[Tulum, Quintana Roo]] on July 5. Crossing the [[Yucatán Peninsula]], where it quickly weakened to a tropical storm, the system moved into the [[Gulf of Mexico]], where it gradually reorganized into a Category 1 hurricane on July 8, just before making a final landfall near [[Matagorda, Texas]]. Beryl quickly weakened as it accelerated to the northeast, eventually becoming post-tropical over the state of [[Arkansas]] the following day.
Effects and casualties from the hurricane were widespread. Beryl caused catastrophic damage on Grenada's northern islands of Carriacou and [[Petite Martinique]] and on several of [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]'s southern islands such as [[Union Island]] and [[Canouan]] where many structures were damaged or destroyed. In [[Venezuela]], three people were killed and several were missing. Sustained damage was also recorded in the Yucatan as well, although it was relatively minor. In the U.S., the state of Texas experienced severe flooding and wind damage, with reports of at least 7 dead in the Houston region. Additionally, the outer bands of the hurricane produced a [[tornado outbreak]]
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