NATIONAL (WDNews) – The first major hurricane of the 2024 season, Beryl, is making landfall on the Caribbean island of Carriacou in Grenada today with “life-threatening winds and dangerous storm surge” according to the National Hurricane Center.
Beryl’s arrival signifies an unusually early start to the Atlantic hurricane season. On Sunday, it became the earliest Category 4 hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean and the only Category 4 hurricane in the month of June.
Beryl made landfall shortly after 11:00 a.m. EDT on the Grenadines’ Carriacou Island with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. The storm caused power outages, flooded streets, and ushered in storm surge flooding for parts of the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, and Tobago Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Residents of the Grenadine Islands and Carriacou Islands were advised not to leave their shelters as forecasters expected winds to rapidly increase within the eyewall of the hurricane.
Forecasters expect Beryl to remain south of Jamaica, and predict that any U.S. impacts are still at least eight days away.
