Hurricane Beryl roars by Jamaica after killing at least 7 people in the southeast Caribbean
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Beryl was roaring by Jamaica 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 southeast Caribbean.
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A more complete picture emerged Wednesday of the extensive damage wrought by Hurricane Beryl’s trek across the Windward Islands, revealing destruction and at least seven deaths.
At least three islands report more than 90% of the homes and buildings either destroyed or severely damaged, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency reported Wednesday. All three are within the chain of Grenadine Islands, where Beryl roared into the Caribbean on the southern end of the Windwards, between St. Vincent and Grenada.
With 19 participating states across the Caribbean, the agency was helping coordinate disaster response on Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines even as it continued to track Beryl’s movements across Jamaica, Cayman Islands and Belize. The eye of Beryl, still a Category 4 storm, raked Jamaica’s coast Wednesday afternoon and was expected to pass near the Cayman Islands Thursday morning, before making landfall in the Yucatan on Friday morning.
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In Treasure Beach, a small fishing and agricultural community on the coast of southern Jamaica, Hurricane Beryl started off slow. There was some breeze, and a little bit of rain.
“And then it was from zero to a hundred real quick,” said Adrian Brown, a 27-year-old bartender who grew up nearby and has lived in Treasure Beach for several years.
The winds picked up and became rougher as the storm roared overhead, tearing roofs off the homes and destroying crops. On Thursday, after Category 4 Beryl was gone, Brown rode a motorcycle to scout the damage.
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