At least 6 dead after powerful Hurricane Beryl tears through Caribbean

Mexico's top tourist destinations were on red alert as Hurricane Beryl strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday evening after leaving behind a deadly trail of destruction across several Caribbean islands.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador urged people in the storm's path to take shelter after the meteorological service forecast heavy to torrential rains that could trigger landslides and flooding.

With a hurricane warning declared along the Yucatan coast from Puerto Costa Maya to the country's top tourist destination Cancun, including Cozumel.

After Beryl had struck Jamaica, causing widespread destruction, it moved to Mexico's Yucatán peninsula.