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Hurricane Beryl strengthens into Category 5 as it churns towards Jamaica

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 […]

See the damage as Category 4 storm moves through Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday on Grenada’s Carriacou Island as a Category 4 storm, recording sustained wind speeds of up to 150 miles per hour. Spaghetti models predict that the storm is likely to proceed through the Caribbean towards Mexico, though a northeastern turn towards Houston or New Orleans is still a possibility depicted nit […]

‘Truly unprecedented’ Hurricane Beryl, a Category 4, barrels down on the Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl has strengthened to “an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane” and is barreling down on the southeastern Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) on Monday warned of “life-threatening winds and storm surge” headed for the Windward Islands, which include Grenada and St. Lucia. Beryl’s emergence marks an early start to the 2024 Atlantic hurricane […]

Hurricane Beryl strengthens into Category 4 storm as it nears southeast Caribbean

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Beryl strengthened into what experts called an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm as it approached the southeast Caribbean, which began shutting down Sunday amid urgent pleas from government officials for people to take shelter. The storm was expected to make landfall in the Windward Islands on Monday morning. Hurricane […]

Will Hurricane Beryl impact Palm Beach County? See where the Category 4 storm is headed

Hurricane Beryl is headed toward the Caribbean Sunday as a dangerous Category 4 storm with winds of 130 mph. Will Beryl impact Palm Beach County? Hurricane Beryl formed Friday night and is moving westward at 21 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. It became a hurricane late Saturday afternoon after developing into a tropical storm late Friday, and ramped up to a […]