Mexico issues 'red alert' as Hurricane Beryl hurtles toward coast

TULUM/CANCUN, Mexico — 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. Beryl was packing winds up to 185 kph as it bore down on the Yucatan peninsula's eastern coast early Friday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC), which warned of a dangerous storm surge and damaging waves. Mexico's civil protection agency issued...