Hurricane Beryl strengthens as it heads towards Mexico

Shermaine Baptiste, left, and a friend look into her destroyed bedroom after it was hit by Hurricane Beryl in Clifton, Union Island, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Thursday, July 4, 2024. Lucanus Ollivierre/AP)

Hurricane Beryl strengthened back into a Category 3 storm late on Thursday as it headed towards Mexico’s resort-studded Yucatan Peninsula.

It left a trail of destruction across the eastern Caribbean and at least nine people dead.