Hurricane Beryl, now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, has set its sights on Jamaica’s shoreline after leaving at least one person dead and inflicting ruin across entire islands in the Caribbean on Monday.
Beryl is marching away from the Windward Islands with 165 mph winds after tearing through scores of homes in Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where many are still without power or water. By Wednesday afternoon, the storm is forecast to hammer Jamaica with life-threatening winds and storm surge.
Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm in the Atlantic on record, according to the NHC and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 165 miles (265 kilometers) per hour as it headed towards Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the NHC said in its latest update from 0900 GMT.
