T ulum, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Mexico’s coast near the resort of Tulum as a Category 2 storm early Friday, whipping trees and knocking out power as it came ashore after leaving a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean.

Hurricane Beryl made landfall again, this time on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Friday after weakening to a Category 2 storm.

H urricane Beryl made landfall in Mexico Friday morning as a Category 2 storm on its path toward the Gulf Coast and possibly Texas. The hurricane is responsible for at least nine total deaths so far, which came as it traveled over Venezuela and Jamaica, as well as Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, NBC News reported.