Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Caribbean

Beryl is the first Category 4 hurricane on record to form in the month of June. The hurricane is also the earliest Category 4 on record for the Atlantic hurricane season, beating the previous record of Hurricane Dennis which formed July 8, 2005.

Category Four Hurricane. Winds 130-156 mph (113-136 kt or 209-251 km/hr). Catastrophic damage will occur: Well-built framed homes can sustain severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and/or some exterior walls. Most trees will be snapped or uprooted and power poles downed.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Hurricane Beryl is entering the Caribbean with a projected path south of Greater Antilles. While Beryl, which has broken three long-standing Atlantic hurricane records, will likely stay away from from Florida, parts of the Gulf Coast will need to watch the storm closely beyond the Fourth of July.

Hurricane Beryl, which formed Saturday evening, rapidly intensified into a major Category 4 storm Sunday, and made landfall on tiny Carriacou Island in Grenada with its fiercest winds and heaviest rains at midday Monday.