Texas:Hurricane Beryl strengthened again late Sunday, heading toward southern Texas with intensified winds and rain. The National Hurricane Center's 3 a.m. CST advisory warned that the storm would make landfall within the next two hours.

"Life-threatening storm surge, heavy rainfall, and strong winds are ongoing across portions of Texas," the hurricane center reported.

As of the advisory, Beryl was positioned about 15 miles southeast of Matagorda, Texas, and 100 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, boasting sustained winds of 80 mph and moving northwest at 10 mph. A hurricane warning is in effect from Mesquite Bay north to Port Bolivar.

Residents on the Texas coast have boarded up windows and evacuated beach towns. The storm is projected to come ashore early Monday around Matagorda Bay, approximately 100 miles south of Houston. However, officials caution that the path could still change. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, acting governor while Gov. Greg Abbott is overseas, expressed concern that evacuation orders might not be fully heeded.

“One of the things that kind of triggers our concern is we’ve looked at all the roads leaving the coast and the maps are still green,” Patrick said. “So we don’t see many people leaving.”

Tropical storm winds extended 115 miles from the center, and the hurricane center warned of possible flash flooding in parts of middle, upper, and eastern Texas, as well as Arkansas, as the storm turns north and then northeast later Monday.

Beryl, the earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, has already caused at least 11 deaths in the Caribbean. The storm brought devastating winds and storm surges fueled by the Atlantic’s record warmth, rapidly intensifying three times within a week. Beryl's explosive growth signals what could be expected for the rest of the hurricane season, experts say. Texas officials have warned the entire coastline to prepare for flooding, heavy rain, and strong winds. The hurricane warning spans from Baffin Bay, south of Corpus Christi, to Sargent, south of Houston.

Houston’s two major airports saw hundreds of delayed and canceled flights by midafternoon Sunday as Beryl approached. In Corpus Christi, officials urged visitors to cut trips short and residents to secure their homes against potential flooding. The White House reported that FEMA had dispatched emergency responders, search-and-rescue teams, and other resources along the coast.

Several coastal counties called for voluntary evacuations in flood-prone areas and banned beach camping. Tourists were urged to move recreational vehicles from coastal parks.

Previously, Beryl had battered Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane without causing injuries or deaths, then weakened to a tropical storm over the Yucatan Peninsula. Before Mexico, Beryl wreaked havoc in Jamaica, Barbados, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, resulting in 11 deaths across these regions.

Beryl is the first hurricane since NHC records began to reach the Category 4 level in June, and the earliest to hit the highest Category 5 in July.