Beryl has been named the earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic and peaked at winds of 165 mph earlier this week.
Beryl has been named the earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic and peaked at winds of 165 mph earlier this weekroared towards Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after at least seven people were killed when the storm tore through the Caribbean.
"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.” 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 the nonprofit First Street Foundation.
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