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Added on the 26/08/2017 12:02:16 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Heavy rains fall over houses and trees sway amid powerful winds in Houston as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas. IMAGES
Strong wind gusts and police patrolling the beaches of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula after Category 2 Hurricane Beryl weakened to a tropical storm, causing damage but no immediate injuries. Now headed for the Gulf of Mexico, Beryl is expected to intensify as it moves toward northeastern Mexico and southern Texas by the end of the weekend, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC). IMAGES
Hurricane Beryl slams into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula near the resort town of Tulum with fierce winds, battering palm trees. The National Hurricane Center said the storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (160 kph) making it a Category 2 hurricane, weaker than earlier in the week as Beryl hit islands in the Caribbean. IMAGES
Powerful Hurricane Irma cut a swathe of deadly destruction as it roared through the Caribbean, claiming at least nine lives and turning the tropical islands of St Martin and Barbuda into mountains of rubble. Barbuda suffered "absolute devastation" with 95 percent of properties damaged, and up to 30 percent demolished, Prime Minister Gaston Browne said. IMAGES FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
First responders and emergency personnel from across the state of Texas are joining the search and rescue effort following Hurricane Harvey. IMAGES