Texas prepares for Beryl landfall as it strengthens

As people in South Padre Island enjoy a pleasant beach day, Beryl is making its way to Texas while continuing to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico.

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00:00I'm Storm Chaser Mike Scantlin in South Padre Island, Texas here now I'm at the

00:05beach plenty of people out here enjoying the weather it's just another beautiful

00:09weekend on South Padre Island but we have a storm looming over the Gulf of

00:12Mexico now it may look like it's business as usual and it's just another

00:15sunny summer day here on the beach but people are talking about the storm and

00:19people are making plans Texas Department of Transportation has their big LED

00:22highway signs lit up with a message warning people about tropical storm

00:26Barrel entering the Gulf of Mexico AccuWeather forecast iPad does currently

00:30bring Barrel back up to hurricane strength and the center of that track is

00:34actually pushed east all the way up east of Corpus Christi into the Port Lavaca

00:37area now this system is going to bring in a lot of rain we are seeing

00:41exceptional drought conditions in these coastal areas and further inland up

00:44towards San Antonio all the way up into Austin some areas in these exceptional

00:48drought conditions are going to see over eight inches of rain in localized areas

00:52we have sandbag stations open here in South Padre Island there are a couple

00:56here in town further inland Port Isabel also has a couple of sandbag stations

01:00open this weekend further inland Brownsville also has a few check with

01:04your local authorities if you do need sandbags for AccuWeather I'm storm

01:08chaser Mike Skinner