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.
Hurricane Beryl is hurtling towards Jamaica and is expected to make landfall in the next few hours, as ITV News correspondent Geraint Vincentis roaring past Jamaica after killing at least six people in the south-east Caribbean earlier this week.
are reported to be privately donating to relief efforts and are following the impact of the hurricane closely. Three people were reported to have died in Grenada and Carriacou and another in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, officials said."The situation is grim," Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said. “There is no power, and there is almost complete destruction of homes and buildings on the island.
The storm has already shattered numerous records. On Sunday it became the earliest major hurricane - defined as one that is Category 3 or higher - in the Atlantic in 58 years and the only one to reach Category 4 status in the month of June. Mr Kossin added the ocean heat fueling Beryl’s unprecedented strengthening “certainly have a human fingerprint on them”.
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