Recently upgraded to Category 3, Hurricane Beryl is forecast to become a Category 4 by Monday morning before hitting the Caribbean islands.
Storm warnings are in effect for southeast Caribbean islands as Hurricane Beryl is forecast to become an « extremely dangerous » Category 4 storm by Monday, with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami calling it a « very serious situation. »
On Sunday morning, the NHC reported Beryl had sustained winds of 155 miles per hour with stronger gusts, upgrading the storm to a Category 3 hurricane, which is classified as having winds between 111 and 129 miles per hour that can cause extensive damage.
Sunday morning’s NHC advisory warned that Beryl is set to bring « destructive hurricane-force winds and life-threatening storm surge » to the Windward Islands, including Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands, Grenada and Tobago, early Monday. The NHC said, « This is a very serious situation developing for the Windward Islands. »
The storm is forecast to become « an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane before it reaches the Windward Islands », where it is expected to make landfall on Monday.
