The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Friday that Beryl is expected to rapidly weaken to a tropical storm as it crosses over the peninsula before it reemerges into the Gulf of Mexico and likely regains hurricane strength.

Hurricane Beryl smashed into the Mexican coast near top beach destinations on Friday, whipping palm trees with strong winds as a steady rain fell, after forging a deadly trail of destruction across much of the Caribbean.

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Mexico's coast near the resort of Tulum as a Category 2 storm after leaving destruction across the eastern Caribbean.