However, according to Dr. Richard Blakeslee of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Ala., "Generally there's not a lot of lightning in the hurricane eye-wall region. So when people detect a lot of lightning in a hurricane, they perk up -- they say, okay, something's happening."
Beryl's first bands arrive in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Hurricane Beryl intensifies to category 3 with sustained wind of 185 km/h and gusts near 210 km/h, located 260 km from Tulum, QRoo.
Beryl would touch land between 2 and 5 am.
A tornado today in Shandong province, China.The tornado hit the center of Dongming district, leaving a trail of destruction. So far, one death, dozens of injured and significant damage are reported. The videos circulating on social networks are shocking.
The tornado struck the county seat and the villages of Caiyuanji and Shawo at about 2:30 p.m., according to the county's emergency management office. Chinese media showed images of a huge gray tornado moving at high speed and dragging debris into the sky.