Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm ever to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters.
roared through open waters Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm heading toward Jamaica after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean,
On Tuesday night, the storm was located about 360 miles east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. It had top winds of 150 mph and was moving west-northwest at 22 mph . Hurricane expert John Morales explains the record-breaking intensity of Hurricane Beryl and the factors that are contributing to the rapid strengthening of storms.As the storm barreled through the Caribbean Sea, rescue crews in the southeast Caribbean fanned out across the region to determine the extent of the damage that Hurricane Beryl inflicted after landing on Carriacou, an island in Grenada, as a Category 4 storm.
"The situation is grim," Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell told a news conference Tuesday. “There is no power, and there is almost complete destruction of homes and buildings on the island. The roads are not passable, and in many instances they are cut off because of the large quantity of debris strewn all over the streets.”
Grenadian resident Roy O'Neale, 77, recalled how he lost his home to Ivan and built back stronger, with his current home sustaining minimal damage from Hurricane Beryl.
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