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Beryl's Impact on Windward Islands to Start Monday Morning, Posing Life-Threatening Conditions

  • Staff Consortium
  • July 01, 2024

The dangerous Major Hurricane Beryl is forecasted to reach the Windward Islands early Monday morning, bringing life-threatening winds and storm surge. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued a detailed advisory indicating the hurricane's strength and projected path, urging residents to prepare immediately. As of 5:00 a.m. AST, Hurricane Beryl was located near latitude 11.7 North and longitude 59.9 West, approximately 125 miles east-southeast of Grenada and 140 miles southeast of St. Vincent. The hurricane is moving west at 20 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, categorizing it as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Warnings and Watches in Effect Hurricane Warning: Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands, Grenada, Tobago. Tropical Storm Warning: Martinique, Trinidad. Tropical Storm Watch: Dominica, South coast of the Dominican Republic from Punta Palenque westward to the border with Haiti, South coast of Haiti fro...