UPDATE: Dangerous Hurricane Beryl closes in on southeast Caribbean
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Beryl is a strong Category 3 hurricane Monday morning, July 1, 2024. Winds dropped slightly overnight from a high Sunday of 130 mph, which made it a Category 4 storm.
Beryl remains a major hurricane, which is any hurricane that's Category 3 or higher. A Category 3 storm is one that has sustained winds of at least 111 mph.
"Potentially catastrophic wind damage is expected where the core of Beryl moves through portions of the Windward Islands," the National Hurricane Center said.
Islands most @ risk
The hurricane’s core is most at risk of striking Grenada, St Vincent or the Grenadines beginning early Monday morning. Beryl is expected to remain a major hurricane as it barrels through the Windward Islands on Monday and continues moving through the Caribbean early this week.
Beryl’s arrival marks an exceptionally early – and likely devastating – start to the Atlantic hurricane season. It reached Category 4 strength on Sunday, making it the earliest storm of such strength on record in the Atlantic Ocean and the only Category 4 storm ever recorded in the month of June. By early Monday, the storm had reduced slightly to a Category 3.
If Beryl regains some of its strength, it is poised to be the strongest storm the area has seen since Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
See previous article published June 30, 2024
UPDATE: Beryl is now a Category 3 hurricane
Beryl strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane overnight and is expected to continue to strengthen, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) stated in its 8:00 AM update today, June 30, 2024.
Hurricane Beryl is located about 933 miles southeast of Road Town and is expected to reach about 340 miles southeast of the territory.
This season continues to be unusual, as a result, the Disaster Management Department continues to encourage residents to evaluate their seasonal plans and pay close attention to updates.
See previous article published June 29, 2024
Beryl strengthens to category 1 hurricane; VI urged to stay prepared
Beryl has steadily strengthened over the last 24 hours and is now being classified as a category 1 hurricane according to information from the Virgin Islands (VI) Department of Disaster Management (DDM) released this afternoon, Saturday, June 29, 2024.
Hurricane Beryl is approximately 1173 miles ESE of Road Town and is heading westward at 22 mph. Beryl is expected to be a major hurricane as it passes approximately 300 miles SSE east of Road Town on Monday night.
There is a moderate chance that the Virgin Islands could be affected by tropical force wind gusts as Beryl passes where Marine conditions are also expected to become hazardous as early as Monday morning going into the afternoon.
“There is moderate chance that another tropical system could follow Beryl late next week. The Department of Disaster Management is encouraging residents to remain keen on the updates,” the DDM noted in a warning.
Residents are also being encouraged to take the necessary steps to keep themselves prepared as the season is shaping up to be active as was previously predicted with more updates to come.
Beryl is the second named storm of the season after Tropical Storm Alberto, which made landfall in northeast Mexico on 20 June. The heavy rains of that storm killed four people.
BBC reported that Barbados' meteorological service issued warnings of power outages and flash flooding, as the eye of the hurricane is expected to pass about 26 miles (45 km) south of the island.
The storm is expected to drop up to six inches (15cm) of rain on Caribbean islands including Barbados.
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