Red Cross preparing for Hurricane Beryl’s potential landfall in Texas

HOUSTON – While the sun is shining for Houston on the Fourth of July, Hurricane Beryl has already roared through parts of the Caribbean.

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And because Beryl has the potential to make landfall in Texas, the American Red Cross said on social media it has already been taking steps to step in and help residents.

In a post on X, the Red Cross said in part:

“Our Houston team restocked shelter trailers, while our Harlingen team unloaded water and supplies and stocked the warehouse to make sure we could serve our communities,” the post concluded.”

Hurricane Beryl has already caused intense damage, ripping off roofs in Jamaica, jumbled fishing boats in Barbados, and damaged or destroyed 95% of homes on a pair of islands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines before rumbling past the Cayman Islands early Thursday and taking aim at Mexico’s Caribbean coast. At least nine people were killed.

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