Meteorologists called it a 'crazy busy' season, due in part to unusually warm ocean temperatures.
Hurricane Beryl has been downgraded to a tropical storm after sweeping into Texas as a Category 1 storm early Monday morning.
Beryl strengthened and again became a hurricane late Sunday as it heads toward southern Texas.
Texas officials urged coastal residents to brace for a looming hit by Beryl, which was a tropical storm on Saturday but was expected to regain hurricane strength.
Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean.
Hurricane warnings remained in effect for Grenada and St. Vincent as thousands of people hunkered down in homes and shelters.
Hurricane Beryl strengthened into what experts called an "extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm as it approached the southeast Caribbean.
Beryl strengthened into a hurricane Saturday as it churned toward the southeastern Caribbean, with forecasters warning it was expected to become a dangerous major storm before reaching Barbados late Sunday or early Monday.