Hurricane Beryl live blog: Tulum hit by category 2 storm, now a category 1

Hurricane Beryl was roaring toward Jamaica on Wednesday, with islanders scrambling to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean.

In Kingston, people boarded up windows, fishermen pulled their boats out of the water before sitting around a table to play dominoes beside a bay, and workers dismantled roadside advertising boards to protect them from the expected lashing winds to come.

A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac. Beryl was forecast to weaken slightly over the next day or two, but still be at or near major-hurricane strength when it passes near or over Jamaica on Wednesday, near the Cayman Islands on Thursday and into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Friday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

A hurricane watch was in effect for Haiti's southern coast and the Yucatan's east coast. Belize issued a tropical storm watch stretching south from its border with Mexico to Belize City.

Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph is checking in on X from Jamaica as the "potentially catastrophic" Hurricane Beryl moves across the eastern Caribbean Sea.

"From the looks of the sky, it looks like Beryl is going to be here much sooner than the news keeps saying," Ralph reported. "I just wanted to say to everybody, please, stay inside. There's a curfew starting at 6 AM tomorrow night- tomorrow morning. Stay off the road in Kingston. I hope you put oil in your lamp and are taking extra care."

She recalled Hurricane Gilbert, which hit the Caribbean in September 1988, wreaking havoc for nearly nine days.

"We remember that Gilbert was a three and Beryl is a four," she said.

The actress ended the video with a bid goodnight. An hour later, Ralph updated her X, saying she couldn't sleep, but would binge TV to calm her nerves.

More of South Texas is now included in the five-day forecast cone for Sunday.

If Beryl does not weaken much, the impacts to Texas will likely be greater early next week. Any impacts in Southeast Texas would likely occur in the Sunday through Tuesday window.

Hurricane Beryl continues with record-breaking numebrs after becoming the fastest Category 5 on record.

Read more on the storm forecast for Texas here.

Cole and Emily Crews, known online as The Adventure Crews first set sail out of Kemah two years ago when they bought their boat.

Nearly 9,000 nautical miles later, the Florida couple found themselves in Grenada during Hurricane Beryl's passage.

On Monday, they told ABC13 Eyewitness News they were thankful they were safe after encountering several scary moments as Hurricane Berly began to land.

The summer months are a time of peak travel and boating, Especially in the Caribbean. ABC13 reporter Daniela Hurtado spoke with two sailors who are in the path of Hurricane Beryl.

Read more here.