Hurricane Beryl Live Updates: Storm Hits Jamaica Before Heading for Cayman Islands

The center of Hurricane Beryl remains a dangerous Category 3 storm, passing just 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Grand Cayman Island as of 8 a.m. EDT this morning.

Reports from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane hunter aircraft indicate maximum sustained winds near 120 mph (195 km/h) with higher gusts as Hurricane Beryl sweeps through the area.

Hurricane Beryl’s winds currently extend up to 45 miles (75 kilometers) from the center, and tropical storm force winds extend up to 175 miles (280 kilometers).

Severe storms could raise water levels along the immediate coast of the Cayman Islands by two to four feet above normal, resulting in large and destructive waves.

Beryl is also expected to drop four to six inches of rain over the Cayman Islands on Thursday, with the same forecast for the Yucatan Peninsula later today and into Friday. The Yucatan Peninsula could also see localized amounts of up to 10 inches of rain.

Isolated flash flooding and high sea levels are expected to occur in the region and are currently affecting portions of the coast of Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman Islands, potentially causing life-threatening waves and strong currents.

These waves are also expected to spread to the Yucatan Peninsula and parts of Central America later today and to eastern Mexico and most of the U.S. Gulf Coast by late Friday.

Preparations were already underway before the hurricane made landfall in the Cayman Islands, with Beryl already leaving a path of destruction in its wake this week across Jamaica, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

More than 1,000 people have been evacuated in the Cayman Islands, and 20 additional flights have been added to assist with evacuations from the islands, George Town officials said. New York times It has been reported.

According to the newspaper, Premier Juliana O’Connor Connolly appeared on Cayman Radio on Wednesday, strongly urging residents to stay put starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday until a good-will notice is issued.

“We must stay calm, stay prepared, and take care of each other as we face this challenge together,” she said. “We can lessen the impact of Hurricane Beryl and protect our community if we do it together.”

After Hurricane Beryl passed close to Jamaica on Wednesday, its hurricane-force conditions brought destruction to homes, power outages and at least one death.

However, the island is no stranger to the wrath of deadly hurricanes that tear through the region.

Although several hurricanes have passed close to Jamaica in recent years, only a few have actually made landfall in the country in the past 40 years.

The most famous hurricane was a hurricane named Gilbert, which made landfall near Kingston, Jamaica on September 12, 1988 as a Category 4 hurricane, and remains a notorious storm event in the country.

The catastrophic storm, with winds of up to 130 mph, caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage and killed at least 45 people.

The eye of Hurricane Gilbert made its way across the entire island of Jamaica, weakening only to 125 mph by the time it exited its west coast late in the afternoon.

Other notable hurricanes that have hit Jamaica hard include Hurricane Sandy, which made landfall in 2012 as a Category 1 hurricane.

There is uncertainty about the track and intensity forecast for Hurricane Beryl over the western Gulf of Mexico this week, the National Hurricane Center said.

Interests in eastern Mexico and southern Texas should monitor Beryl’s progress, but no matter which path the hurricane takes, updrafts could cause life-threatening beach conditions beginning late Friday and into the weekend across much of the Gulf Coast.

Meanwhile, hurricane-force winds, dangerous storm surges and heavy rains are expected across parts of the Yucatan Peninsula and Belize beginning Thursday night as Beryl approaches, with strong winds, dangerous storm surges, damaging surf and flooding expected in the Cayman Islands today.

The hurricane is expected to hit a relatively unpopulated area on the Caribbean coast between Tulum and the inland city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, said Laura Velasquez, head of Mexico’s civil defense agency.

Since the coast there is largely made up of lagoons and mangroves, there are few resorts or hotels in the area south of Tulum.

Velasquez said Beryl is expected to make a second impact on Mexican territory in the Gulf of Mexico states of Veracruz or Tamaulipas, near the Texas border.

If Hurricane Beryl maintains its strength, it will likely hit southern Texas and Louisiana over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Despite the cloudy weather in Delhi, the mood upon the team’s arrival from Barbados was brightened by the rhythms of dhol, bouquets of flowers and cakes bearing the pictures of the winning team.

Hundreds of thousands of homes were without power following the devastation caused by Hurricane Beryl after it hit Jamaica on Wednesday.

The country’s electricity company, GPS, said 65 percent of its customers, or about 400,000 of its customers, remained without power on Thursday morning.

The Jamaican government said on Wednesday that many roads in the country’s interior were affected by fallen trees and utility poles, while some communities in the northern part and the capital remained without power.

At least one person has died as Hurricane Beryl devastates the southeastern Caribbean after one death was confirmed in Jamaica.

A woman was killed after a tree fell on her home in West Hanover Parish, the country’s disaster agency chief Richard Thompson said. New York times.

The newspaper reported that the rescue team was also searching for a 20-year-old man who was swept away in a ravine after he was trying to retrieve a ball he was playing with in Kingston.

At least three people have died in Venezuela, three in Grenada, and one in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.