Hurricane Beryl brushed the coast of Jamaica on Wednesday, bringing floods and damaging buildings and killing at least one person. Jamaica was battered by Beryl throughout the day Wednesday. The outer bands lashed the Caribbean island nation Wednesday morning before the eyewall brushed the south coast of Jamaica in the mid-afternoon. Beryl was a Category […]
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 […]
Hurricane Beryl is expected to bring life threatening winds and storm surge to Jamaica Wednesday, after the Category 4 storm ripped across islands in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least six people. According to the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center, Beryl has lost some intensity but is expected to be near major-hurricane strength […]
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 […]
Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday as a Category 4 storm on Grenada’s Carriacou Island, packing 150 mph wind. Now hitting wind speeds of 165 mph, Beryl is a Category 5 storm as of Tuesday morning. Hurricane Beryl formed Friday night, according to the National Hurricane Center, and it became a hurricane late Saturday afternoon, ramping […]
At least six people have died Tuesday as Hurricane Beryl pummels parts of the Caribbean. While the hurricane has lost some of its intensity, downgrading to a Category 4 from the most severe Category 5 level, it is still on track to be “life-threatening” as it passes south of the Dominican Republic and makes its […]
Hurricane Beryl has Jamaica on high alert, with government offices closing early and visitors rushing to fly home. So, when will the powerful Category 4 storm strike the Caribbean nation? The National Hurricane Center is anticipating that the storm will hit Jamaica by 2 p.m. Wednesday. Winds up to 140 mph, life-threatening storm surge, totaling […]
In late May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the top hurricane forecasting body in the United States, published a report forecasting the most active hurricane season yet. Now that the season has begun, Hurricane Beryl — the first named hurricane from 2024 — arrived last week, and is already breaking records for its early intensity. […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hurricane Beryl has strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday on Carriacou Island as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm. As of 11 p.m., Beryl was located about 510 miles east-southeast of Isla Beata, Dominican Republic with maximum sustained winds of […]
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Hurricane Beryl strengthened into a Category 5 storm Monday night, intensifying after making landfall on Carriacou Island, Grenada’s second-largest island, earlier in the day. Beryl’s sustained winds have now reached 160 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center, and a hurricane warning has been issued for Jamaica later this week. Beryl is now the earliest […]