Tampa could experience 15 feet of water as a storm surge combines with high tides.
The storm is classified as a Category 5 hurricane, the strongest on the scale.
The storm jumped from a Category 2 storm to a Category 5 storm on Monday morning.
The storm went from a Category 2 hurricane to a Category 4 hurricane on Monday morning.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to 120 MPH as the storm heads to Florida's Gulf Coast.
The storm is forecast to make landfall in the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday, then cut across the Sunshine State to the Atlantic Ocean.
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Less than ten days after Hurricane Helene struck Florida, the state is preparing for another possible severe impact from a hurricane
The only road to Pensacola, in the remote mountains of western North Carolina, is now a muddy path through deep, twisting gorges
It is expected to slam into the state's Big Bend region late Thursday as a 'major hurricane'
Florida could get hit with an 18-foot storm surge and 15 inches of rain.
'This could be the storm that the 2024 hurricane season is remembered for,' AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter told USA Today.
Workers have been evacuated from 130 oil and gas production platforms
Tropical storm force winds reached as far as 140 miles from the storm's centre, and a wind gust of 57 mph was recorded at Sand Key in the Florida Keys.
This will make Beryl the first Atlantic hurricane to hit the US in the 2024 summer and fall hurricane season.
Beryl is expected to reach the Caribbean islands of Barbados, Dominica, Grenada and Martinique late on Sunday.
The deluge battered southern Florida, blocking roads, stranding vehicles, forcing flight delays and cancellations at airports.
Over the weekend, deadly storms ravaged Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, resulting in at least 18 fatalities, hundreds of injuries, and widespread destruction.
Hurricane Otis' devastation in Mexico energy system vulnerabilities during natural disasters; solar microgrids could be the key to a stormier future.
Residents of Mexico's hurricane-stricken resort city of Acapulco emptied shelves of looted supermarkets on Thursday and appealed for government help as they searched desperately for food and water.
Hurricane Lidia made landfall Tuesday on Mexico's Pacific coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, threatening to bring flooding and mudslides, forecasters said.
Eight people including three small children died in Russia when trees crashed into a lakeside campsite during a storm described as a "hurricane", authorities said on Sunday.