Watch Hurricane Beryl's historical travel
Beryl, which formed successful the Atlantic Ocean astatine the extremity of June, rapidly strengthened to go a multiple-record-breaking hurricane that near a way of decease and catastrophe crossed aggregate countries. Over the people of 2 weeks, it became beardown capable to devastate two islands successful the Caribbean, determination dense factual underwater barricades, origin millions to suffer power and bring deadly flooding to parts of the U.S., from Texas up through New England.
New video from the Cooperative Institute for Research successful the Atmosphere, known arsenic CIRA, shows its treacherous travel — from the infinitesimal it became a tropical slump connected June 28 to its remnants spawning tornadoes and dense rainfall successful the Northeast this week.
Here's a timeline of what happened:

June 22
According to NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement, the tempest that would go Beryl archetypal formed from a debased unit tropical question disconnected the Atlantic seashore of Africa connected June 22. Such waves, known arsenic African Easterly Waves, often assistance supply a basal for tropical storms and hurricanes that make successful the Atlantic and Caribbean.
It appeared successful an country disconnected Africa's seashore that usually doesn't go progressive until August oregon September. Above-average oversea aboveground temperatures — a known substance for hurricanes — prompted the aboriginal formation. NASA said temperatures were moving betwixt 1 and 2.5 degrees Celsius supra the norm.
June 28
Six days later, the National Hurricane Center's observations confirmed that the strategy had further developed, designating it arsenic Tropical Depression Two. It strengthened wrong a fewer hours to go a tropical tempest with 40 mph winds, and was fixed the sanction Beryl.
June 29
Beryl officially became a Category 1 hurricane and rapidly underwent accelerated intensification, a process successful which a cyclone dramatically strengthened successful a abbreviated magnitude of time.
June 30
Sunday, June 30 marked a historical crook for Beryl. On this day, it reached major hurricane status — a Category 3 connected the Saffir-Simpson upwind scale, with upwind speeds of 115 mph. Hours aft hitting that milestone, it strengthened adjacent further to go the earliest Category 4 hurricane connected grounds successful the Atlantic, with 130 mph winds.

July 1
Maintaining its Category 4 status, Hurricane Beryl straight deed the 13-square-mile Grenada land of Carriacou. Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said the tempest had near "almost Armageddon-like" demolition successful its wake, with "almost full harm oregon demolition of each buildings."
"Complete and full demolition of the earthy environment," Michell said. "There is virtually nary vegetation near anyplace connected the land of Carriacou."
Nearby Union Island, which belongs to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, saw 90% of its homes severely damaged oregon destroyed from the hurricane, its Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said, calling Union "a tract of devastation."
At slightest 3 radical were killed successful Grenada and astatine slightest 3 much successful St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
July 2
Beryl reaches its highest strength — 165 mph winds. At this point, it was the highest class of hurricane, a Cat 5, which is designated for storms with upwind speeds of astatine slightest 157 mph. Storms of this upwind spot volition origin "catastrophic damage," according to NOAA, and tin permission the bulk of an country "uninhabitable for weeks oregon months."
July 3
Beryl's Category 5 presumption was short-lived, though it remained incredibly powerful. On this day, Beryl brushed by Jamaica arsenic a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 140 mph. The oculus of the tempest didn't marque landfall, but the hurricane caused important damage.
Many successful Jamaica inactive stay without powerfulness and water as of July 12, according to the Jamaica Observer. At slightest 3 radical were reported killed.

July 4
Still a large hurricane, but somewhat weakened, Beryl brushed by the Cayman Islands arsenic a Category 3. It continued to weaken to a Category 2 tempest with 110 mph winds, but it erstwhile again deed above-normal h2o temperatures and saw upwind conditions that gave it further spot to regain large hurricane status.
July 5
With upwind speeds conscionable 1 mph shy of Category 3 status, Beryl made landfall erstwhile again connected Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, adjacent Tulum. By the clip it reached the Gulf of Mexico aboriginal successful the day, it had considerably weakened to a tropical storm.
July 7
After sporadic tempest activity, Beryl had reorganized itself and was starting to fortify erstwhile again arsenic it started connected a way toward Texas.
July 8
In its last landfall, Beryl deed Texas arsenic a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph sustained winds. It maintained that strength implicit the Matagorda and Houston areas for hours, resulting successful a monolithic powerfulness outage for much than 2.7 cardinal people. As of midday Friday, July 12, more than 1 cardinal people successful Texas remained without power.
The tempest besides spawned much than 100 tornado warnings, the astir ever for a azygous time successful July, according to CBS News elder upwind shaper David Parkinson.
July 9 and beyond
After Beryl's Texas landfall, it weakened into a tempest strategy impacting a ample swath of the U.S. Tornadoes continued to beryllium a menace betwixt Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati ,while flooding impacted areas from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Waterbury, Vermont.
Beryl was a "prolific rainfall producer" that brought 4 inches of rainfall successful conscionable 3 hours successful immoderate areas, Parkinson said.
It's chartless however agelong it volition instrumentality each areas impacted by Beryl, from the Caribbean to Mexico to the U.S. — to wholly recover. As of July 12, the storm's decease toll has surpassed 20.
Li Cohen is simply a elder societal media shaper astatine CBS News. She antecedently wrote for amNewYork and The Seminole Tribune. She chiefly covers climate, biology and upwind news.