A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac, and the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
Hurricane Beryl was roaring by Jamaica on Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rain after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least seven people and caused significant damage in the south-east Caribbean.Wind-whipped rain pounded the island for hours as residents heeded authorities’ call to shelter until the storm had passed. Power was knocked out in much of the capital.
“We are very concerned about a wide variety of life threatening impacts in Jamaica,” including storm surge, high winds and flash flooding, said Jon Porter, chief meteorologist at AccuWeather. Jamaica was under a state of emergency as the island was declared a disaster zone hours before the impact of Beryl. Mr Holness said that the disaster zone declaration will remain for the next seven days.
Because the coast there is largely made up of lagoons and mangroves, there are few resorts or hotels in the area south of Tulum. Late on Monday, Beryl became the earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic and peaked at winds of 165 mph Tuesday before weakening to a still-destructive Category 4.
Heavy rains of four to eight inches, with up to a foot in isolated areas, threatened flash flooding and mudslides on the mountainous island.
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