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Law enforcement officers in Barbados following Hurricane Beryl on July 1, 2024.
WEATHER – Carriacou Island “shaved”. Hurricane Beryl hit the Antilles this Monday, July 1st, and in particular the Grenadines archipelago, while winds “devastating” Winds of up to 240 km/h were expected, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) had warned.
“Beryl’s Eye hit Carriacou Island”in the south of the Antilles, at 11:10 a.m. local time (5 p.m. in Paris), declared the American agency which had ordered the inhabitants of“act immediately” to protect himself. “In half an hour, Carriacou was razed”lamented Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell in a press conference.
Downgraded to Category 3 for a time, Beryl was finally classified as a Category 5 hurricane. “potentially catastrophic” Monday late afternoon. It should be “close to the intensity of a major hurricane” continuing on its trajectory to Jamaica, which it should reach on Wednesday
You can see images of the devastation in Carriacou and the Grenadines’ other island, Petite Martinique, above. A curfew has been imposed in the country from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Tuesday. At this time, authorities are unable to provide a precise number of injuries or deaths.
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More major hurricanes expected
Videos obtained by AFP from St. George’s, the capital of Grenada, show torrential rain and strong winds. Barbados was also hit, as was St. Lucia, although without causing major damage. Barbados appears to “a lucky escape” said in a video the Minister of Internal Affairs and Information Wilfred Abrahams.
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Beryl is the first hurricane of the season in the Atlantic. A weather event of this scale is extremely rare so early in the hurricane season – which runs from early June to late November in the United States.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had predicted an extraordinary season in late May, predicting the possibility of four to seven Category 3 or higher hurricanes.
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