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Hurricane Beryl took a beating Friday as it crossed the Yucatan Peninsula and moved into the Gulf of Mexico, its winds dropping to 60 mph. By Saturday morning however, its recovery appeared to be underway, based on satellite imagery and reports from a hurricane reconnaissance flight. The National Hurricane Center’s forecast puts Beryl at the Texas coast on Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane with 85 mph winds and a storm surge up to 5 feet, with the biggest surge along Corpus Christi, Matagorda Bay and Baffin Bay to St. Luis Pass. Beryl’s biggest threat might be rainfall. The storm zipped along at 20-22 mph for much of its trip across the Caribbean, but has slowed down to only 12 mph. Slower movement can mean more time for rain to fall. The Center’s forecast predicts rainfall amounts up to 15 inches are possible in isolated locations along the coast, and widespread amounts of 8 to 10 inches are likely. USA TODAY is providing live updates here today: https://lnkd.in/e5h2ctDT