At least 10 dead across Caribbean as Hurricane Beryl edges close to Mexico

Simone Francis gathers items from her home that were blown away as Hurricane Beryl passed through Old Harbour, Jamaica, on its way towards Mexico yesterday. Photo: Getty

Bernadette Baum

Hurricane Beryl rumbled towards the Cayman Islands and Mexico yesterday, after pummelling Jamaica with winds and rain that caused floods and widespread power outages and leaving a deadly trail of destruction in several smaller Caribbean islands.

Beryl has so far left at least 10 people dead, but that number was widely expected to rise as communications are restored on islands devastated by flooding and powerful winds.