Beryl became the earliest Category 4 Atlantic hurricane on record before weakening slightly, and it marks the farthest east a hurricane has formed in the tropical Atlantic in June.
Chandan Khanna—AFP/Getty ImagesSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Beryl was closing in on the southeastern Caribbean, and government officials late Sunday pleaded with people to take shelter from the dangerous Category 3 storm.
It had gained Category 4 strength Sunday before weakening slightly, and further fluctuations in strength were forecast.A tropical storm warning was in effect for Martinique and Trinidad. A tropical storm watch was issued for Dominica, Haiti’s entire southern coast, and from Punta Palenque in the Dominican Republic west to the border with Haiti.
Hurricane Ivan in 2004 was the last strong hurricane to hit the southeastern Caribbean, causing catastrophic damage in Grenada as a Category 3 stormReecia Marshall, who lives in Grenada, was working a Sunday shift at a local hotel, preparing guests and urging them to stay away from windows as she stored enough food and water for everyone.“I know it’s part of nature. I’m OK with it,” she said. “We just have to live with it.
Beryl marks the farthest east that a hurricane has formed in the tropical Atlantic in June, breaking a record set in 1933, according to Klotzbach.
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