Beryl was packing winds of up to 155 mph (250 kmh) as of 2400 GMT on Monday, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said
Beryl was packing winds of up to 155 mph (250 kmh) as of 2400 GMT on Monday, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said | Representative
Hurricane Beryl’s powerful winds intensified as the strong category 4 storm moved across the southeastern Caribbean on Monday, putting Jamaica near its path after downing power lines and flooding streets on other Caribbean islands.
Beryl was packing winds of up to 155 mph (250 kmh) as of 2400 GMT on Monday, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, after striking the Caribbean region as the earliest Category 4 storm on record using the Saffir-Simpson five-point scale.
Click here to connect with us on WhatsApp The hurricane is expected to dump 3-6 inches (8-15 cm) of rain across Barbados and the Windward Islands on Monday night, with some areas seeing as much as 10 inches, especially in the Grenadines and Grenada, the NHC said.
Moving west-northwest at a speed of 21 mph, Beryl is expected to pass near Jamaica on Wednesday, the Miami-based hurricane center said.
«Beryl is expected to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane as its moves over the eastern Caribbean», the NHC said, adding that «rainfall may cause flash flooding in vulnerable areas.
At the Chillin’ restaurant in Kingston, waiter Welton Anderson said he felt calm despite the hurricane’s approach.
