Hurricane Beryl sent fierce waves crashing against a seawall in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday, July 2, as it moved across the Caribbean toward Jamaica. Drone footage by Moises Arias, captured on Tuesday afternoon, shows waves crashing against Santo Domingo’s Malecon, a prominent waterfront boulevard that runs along the Caribbean Sea and acts as […]
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Missing roofs and flooded streets in Jamaica as Category 3 Hurricane Beryl moves on
Cleanup began in Jamaica Thursday morning as the last vestiges of powerful Hurricane Beryl pulled away overnight, leaving roofless homes, flooded buildings, blocked roads and extensive power outages. Beryl, which finally weakened to a Category 3 overnight, was nearly finished thrashing the Cayman Islands Thursday morning as it headed for its next landfall on the […]
Global warming is intensifying hurricanes like Beryl
Insights from Sky News and the BBC The News Hurricane Beryl hit Jamaica after killing at least seven people and causing extensive damage in the southeast Caribbean. It is the most powerful storm ever to make landfall this early in hurricane season due to the Atlantic’s unusually warm waters. Scientists said the intensity of storms […]
Hurricane Beryl heads for Mexico after destruction in Jamaica and Caribbean
Hurricane Beryl has ripped off roofs in Jamaica, battered fishing boats in Barbados and damaged or destroyed 95% of homes on two islands in St Vincent and the Grenadines before rumbling toward the Cayman Islands and Mexico’s Caribbean coast. At least seven people have died as a result of the storm so far. What had […]
Hurricane Beryl roars by Jamaica after killing at least seven people
Hurricane Beryl was roaring by Jamaica on Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rain after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least seven people and caused significant damage in the south-east Caribbean. The US National Hurricane Centre said Beryl’s eyewall was “brushing the south coast of Jamaica”. Wind-whipped rain pounded the island for […]
As Hurricane Beryl moves through the Caribbean, Corpus Christi prepares for possible hit
As of 1 p.m. Wednesday, Hurricane Beryl has made its way to Jamaica as it continues moving west into the Gulf of Mexico. If it will directly hit the Coastal Bend is a question of uncertainty until later in the week. On Wednesday, the National Weather Service office in Corpus Christi said “it is looking […]
Hurricane Beryl has devastated the Caribbean. Here’s how you can help from Miami
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 […]
Mexico evacuates sea turtle eggs from beaches as Hurricane Beryl heads to the Yucatan peninsula
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. […]
Is Hurricane Beryl going to hit Texas? The chances are increasing
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 […]
Will Hurricane Beryl hit Louisiana? What you need to know as strong storm heads to Jamaica, Mexico, Texas
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 […]
Record-breaking temperatures strengthen Hurricane Beryl as it hits Caribbean
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 devastates Caribbean islands
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 […]