Streets were strewn with shoes, trees, downed power lines and other debris after gusts of 165 mph tore through the Caribbean.
Streets were strewn with shoes, trees, downed power lines and other debris after gusts of 165 mph tore through the Caribbeanon Monday.
As the storm swept across the other Caribbean islands, streets strewn with shoes, trees, downed power lines and other debris. Banana trees were snapped in half and cows lay dead in green pastures with homes made of tin and plywood tilting precariously nearby.Fishermen pull a boat damaged back to the dock at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados.On Tuesday, Beryl will make its way through the Caribbean, with its harsh winds and rain forecasted to next be felt in Hispaniola.
The hurricane was able to churn to life because the ocean is as warm now as it would normally be at the peak of hurricane season, said Jim Kossin, a hurricane expert and science advisor at nonprofit First Street Foundation.Waves batter a pier as Beryl passes through Hastings.“Hurricanes don’t know what month it is, they only know what their ambient environment is,” Mr Kossin said. “Beryl is breaking records for the month of June because Beryl thinks it’s September.
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