Hurricane Beryl has nearly leveled some islands in the southeastern Caribbean and killed at least seven people. On Wednesday, it was slicing through Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. While Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, and other nations in the region are assessing damage, there’s no doubt that Category 4 Beryl has been devastating […]
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Stung by past failures to prepare for hurricanes, the Mexican government on Wednesday began evacuating even sea turtle eggs from beaches ahead of incoming Hurricane Beryl. While Beryl remains far offshore in the Caribbean near Jamaica, it is expected to hit somewhere south of Cancun by late Thursday or early Friday. […]
Will Beryl hit Texas? That’s the question on many minds as the first hurricane of the 2024 season churns across the Caribbean Sea on a path toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Portions of South Texas are now within the forecast cone of Hurricane Beryl, which meteorologists say could arrive to the state over the weekend or […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Could Hurricane Beryl hit Louisiana next week? Here’s what we know about the current projection and when we’ll know more about the potential effects on Louisiana. As of Wednesday morning, Hurricane Beryl is still a Category 4 storm. It has maximum sustained wind speeds of 145 miles per hour and its […]
By Sarah Morland (Reuters) -Powerful Hurricane Beryl was the 2024 Atlantic season’s first hurricane and the earliest storm on record to reach the strongest possible ranking of Category 5, before weakening to Category 4 as it barrelled towards Jamaica on Wednesday. Record-breaking sea temperatures that allow tropical storms to get stronger faster, driven by human-caused […]
Hurricane Beryl has ripped across the Caribbean with winds of 240km/h (150mph) tearing roofs from buildings, uprooting trees and devastating the islands in its path. At least six people are known to have been killed across Grenada and St Vincent, and thousands left homeless after the category five storm made landfall on Tuesday. It has […]
STORY: :: Residents assess the damage to the capital after Hurricane Beryl hits Barbados :: Instagram/ @alanburke__ :: July 1, 2024 :: Bridgetown, Barbados Video from Barbados showed surging waves pounding the shore, downed palm trees and flooded streets in the capital, Bridgetown on Monday (July 1). Hurricane Beryl strengthened on Monday night into a […]
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Weather conditions were improving in the Dominican Republic on July 3, after reports of some stormy conditions there as Hurricane Beryl passed to the south towards Jamaica. Footage by X user @alekmorillo shows clouds over Santo Domingo. The source described it as “the northern tail of Hurricane Beryl as seen from Santo Domingo.” The Dominican […]
With hours to go before passing Jamaica, Hurricane Beryl did not appear to be weakening as much as forecasters hoped on Wednesday morning. The island is battened down ahead of what is expected to be a hard hit from a powerful storm, bringing up to 9 feet of storm surge, a foot of rain and […]
The National Hurricane Center continues to track two systems in the Atlantic basin: Hurricane Beryl and Invest 96L. Beryl, which first made landfall about 11 a.m. EDT Monday, July 1, on Carriacou Island, Grenada, with 150-mph winds, is now expected to pass over or near Jamaica later today. After becoming a Category 5 hurricane Monday […]
Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a powerful Category four storm heading towards Jamaica after earlier crossing islands in the south-east Caribbean, killing at least six people. A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac. Beryl was losing intensity but was still forecast to be […]