Category 4 Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in the east Caribbean with 150 mph winds
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On the other side of the Yucatan, short-lived Tropical Storm Chris fizzled out early Monday, dumping some rain over Mexico and crossing another name off the list.
The next contender could be right behind Beryl, a disturbance the hurricane center has tagged with a 50% chance of strengthening into a tropical depression within the next seven days, and a 20% chance of forming in the next two, as of the 2 p.m. update.
Those figures are a solid downgrade from Sunday evening’s figures, a sign that the cooler water left in Beryl’s wake and increased wind shear nearby could slow down the development of anything behind it.
“Environmental conditions appear marginally conducive for additional development of this system, and a tropical depression could form by the middle part of this week while it moves generally westward at 15 to 20 mph across the central and western tropical Atlantic,” forecasters wrote.
The next name on the list is Debby.
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(Miami Herald staff writer Vinod Sreeharsha contributed to this report.)
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