A boy clears rock from the street as it gets flooded after the hurricane Beryl passes in the parish of Saint James, Barbados, near to Bridgetown, Barbados on July 1, 2024.
Hurricane Beryl was roaring toward Jamaica on Wednesday, with islanders scrambling to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean.
A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac.
Late Monday, Beryl became the earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic and peaked at winds of 165 mph (270 kph) Tuesday before weakening to a still-destructive Category 4.
It had maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 kph) and was moving west-northwest at 20 mph (31 kph), the center said.
Persons:
Hurricane Beryl, Beryl
Organizations:
Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, U.S, National Hurricane Center
Locations:
Saint James, Barbados, Bridgetown, Jamaica, Kingston, Grand, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, Yucatan, Belize, Mexico, Belize City