Hurricane Beryl causes damage across Caribbean

Fishing vessels damaged by Hurricane Beryl sit upended at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados (Ricardo Mazalan/AP))

Tue, 02 Jul, 2024 - 05:21

Danica Coto and Kofi Jones, Associated Press

Hurricane Beryl ripped off doors, windows, and roofs in homes across the southeastern Caribbean on Monday after making landfall on the island of Carriacou, the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters.

The US National Hurricane Centre said the storm had strengthened to Category 5 status late on Monday while Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said one person had died.