Hurricane Beryl is a dangerous Category 5 storm that has already made landfall over several islands in the Atlantic and southeastern Caribbean.
The areas where Beryl has already moved through rarely deal with major hurricanes. Beryl broke history as the first ever Category 4 hurricane in June and the earliest Category 5 hurricane to ever be recorded in the Atlantic.
Beryl damaged houses, destroyed boats and inundated island countries with flooding and storm surge.
The hurricane is expected to weaken a bit but hit Jamaica as a Cat 4 hurricane on Wednesday. The forecast beyond the next 72 hours, when Beryl is predicted to pass over the Yucatan and enter the Gulf of Mexico, is still uncertain, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Here are photos and video of Hurricane Beryl destruction from island countries including Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Barbados
Storm surge in Barbados due to hurricane Beryl today. This is at Barbados Fisheries Complex.....#HurricaneBeryl #Beryl #Hurricane #CarriacouIsland #Grenada pic.twitter.com/1ay9NiITCY
— MH Chronicle (@MHNewsDaily) July 1, 2024
Fishing vessels lie damaged after Hurricane Beryl passed through the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Hurricane Beryl floods a street in Hastings, Barbados, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
A tree lies on the roof of a house in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, after Hurricane Beryl on Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Lucanus Ollivierre)
Grenada, Carriacou Island
A Florida filmmaker rode out Beryl in Grenada and called the aftermath on Carriacou Island "360 degree devastation."
Some of the aftermath of Category 4 Hurricane Beryl on Grenada. Our thoughts and prayers also extend to our sister isle of Carriacou and Petit Martinique and neighboring islands as they weathered heavy damage from the hurricane.#HurricaneBeryl #Grenada pic.twitter.com/PRiDtG9sSf
— Careem Gilbert 🇬🇩 (@CareemGilbert) July 2, 2024
Main Street in Hillsborough. 360 degree devastation from #HurricaneBeryl
— Jonathan Petramala (@jpetramala) July 1, 2024
It was the most intense hurricane of my life and basically everyone else here on #CarriacouIsland I will be sharing their stories later this evening on my YT channel. pic.twitter.com/ETrTtb0xyH
🌀Hurricane #Beryl hit Carriacou Island near #Grenada with wind speeds of 240 km/h
— Irene (@irene_makarenko) July 2, 2024
There is the first damage. The video shows both the squally winds hitting the island and the first consequences. #BerylHurricane
❗️#UnifiedScienceCenter #ClimateChange https://t.co/m2XdS5YeMY pic.twitter.com/JYqHzSuTFy
St. Lucia
There has been major damage in Soufriere, Saint Lucia.
— Rhyesa Joseph (@RhyesaJ) July 1, 2024
Scenes near the Soufriere Cemetery #Beryl#SaintLucia pic.twitter.com/0BVt45XPGj
Martinique
VIDEO: Hurricane Beryl lashes the coast of Sainte-Luce, in the south of Martinique, causing widespread damage. The hurricane has strengthened into a top-level category 5 storm, the earliest one in the Atlantic on record. pic.twitter.com/p2I1NoVNKi
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 2, 2024