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Added on the 05/07/2024 04:37:46 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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
Images of high tides and debris along the seafront of the Dominican Republic's capital, Santo Domingo, following the passage of Hurricane Beryl. Beryl is the first storm since US National Hurricane Center (NHC) records began to reach the Category 4 level in June and the earliest to reach Category 5 in July. IMAGES
Hurricane Otis leaves a trail of destruction in the Pacific beach resort of Acapulco with damaged buildings, fallen trees and vehicles after coming ashore overnight as a Category 5 storm. IMAGES
Hurricane Norma strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it approaches a tourist hotspot on Mexico's Pacific coast. The hurricane -- which at one point was a Category 4 out of five on the Saffir-Simpson scale -- is now packing maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour (120 miles per hour), the US National Hurricane Center says in its latest update. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.