As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas and extreme heat blankets much of the U.S. South and West, the world is set for another week of wild weather that human-caused climate change makes more likely. Beryl made landfall around the middle the Texas coast near Matagorda with a dangerous storm surge and strong winds in the early hours of Monday. The powerful storm previously devastated parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. It's the earliest a storm has ever...

Beryl is now a tropical storm but is expected to regain strength over the weekend as it heads for Texas

Beryl is now a tropical storm but is expected to regain strength over the weekend as it heads for Texas

Forecasters say a long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. will persist, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that will soar into the 100s.

Officials are asking Matagorda, Brazoria and Galveston county residents to consider going somewhere safer as Beryl approaches.

From Oregon to California to Arizona, several cities have seen scorching temperatures in recent days. And there is little relief in sight, forecasters say.

Beryl is hurtling across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico on a collision course with Texas. It is currently a tropical storm but is forecast to regain hurricane status before nearing the coast Sunday and making landfall the following day.

All the roads were closed and state police barricaded entry points to keep people out of the dangerous area, which was already hazy with smoke. State officials issue evacuation order as wildfire threatens town: 'Do not try to gather belongings or protect your home — go now' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Hurricane Beryl is likely headed for the Texas coast.

Hurricane Beryl is expected to hit the Windward Islands as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane, the U.S.-based Nationall Hurricane Center said.

Yes, you read that right — ice, in the middle of June.