Category 5 hurricane leaves Caribbean islands bare, flooded, and damaged
Hurricane Beryl is tearing through the Caribbean after making history as the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic hurricane season.
Hurricane Beryl is tearing through the Caribbean after making history as the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic hurricane season.
AccuWeather's Bernie Rayno and Jon Porter continue to monitor Hurricane Beryl's track across the Caribbean. Areas from New Orleans to the Florida Panhandle will not be directly impacted by the storm.
The record-setting early season hurricane which has already claimed six lives in the Caribbean could hit the U.S. by Saturday, forecasters warned Wednesday.Hurricane Beryl is currently a Category 4 storm pummeling Jamaica after causing extensive damage across the southeast Caribbean.Devastating winds, life-threatening storm surge, and damaging waves were expected to pummel Jamaica and spread into the Cayman Islands late Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Life-threatening flas
Here are photographs showcasing the destruction caused so far by Hurricane Beryl.
The record-setting hurricane has pummeled the Caribbean this week, causing widespread damage on a number of islands.
Thousands of turtle eggs have been relocated from a beach in Cancun on Mexico’s Caribbean coast as the city’s Civil Protection issued an orange alert as Hurricane Beryl approached.Pablo Gutierrez Fernandez, office manager of the municipal presidency, said around 10,000 eggs were being moved for their safety.Wider efforts involving officials and volunteers were being put in place to protect some 105,000 along 12 km of coast, El Universal said.Beryl was expected to arrive to Cancun on Friday, the government said. Credit: Pablo Gutierrez Fernandez via Storyful
Stormy conditions such as heavy wind and rain hit the northern coast of Jamaica ahead of Hurricane Beryl’s arrival on Wednesday, July 3.Footage filmed and posted to X by Jason Moore shows rough waters and strong winds in Runaway Bay, Jamaica, on Wednesday. According to the Met Office, Hurricane Beryl is a Category 4 hurricane expected to bring heavy rain and storm surge to Jamaica.An evacuation order was in effect on Wednesday for areas prone to floods or landslides, or near sea level, gullies, or waterways, Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced on Wednesday. Credit: Jason Moore via Storyful
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A historic Jamaican landmark, the Flat Bridge, was swallowed by the swollen Rio Cobre in the wake of Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday, July 3.Video from a See Jamaica camera shows the centuries-old bridge in St Catherine parish before and after it was submerged.An evacuation order was in effect on Wednesday for areas prone to floods or landslides, or near sea level, gullies, or waterways, Jamaica
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