Fluctuations in strength are forecast as the storm pushes further into the Caribbean in the coming days.
Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late on Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fuelled by the Atlantic’s record warmth.
Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said one person had died and he could not yet say if there were other fatalities because authorities had not been able to assess the situation on the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, where there were initial reports of major damage but communications were largely down.“But bear in mind the challenge we have in Carriacou and Petite Martinique.”
A tree lies on the roof of a house in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, after Hurricane Beryl Beryl was about 445 miles east-southeast of Isla Beata in the Dominican Republic and was moving west-northwest at 22 mph.
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