Caribbean faces potentially deadly winds from Beryl, the first major hurricane of 2024
Hurricane Beryl has become a very dangerous Category 3 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean and will bring life-threatening winds to the Caribbean Windward Islands as it strengthens on Monday, the National Hurricane Center said. , NHC of the United States).
The first storm of the 2024 season was located about 420 miles (675 km) away. east-southeast of Barbados Maximum sustained winds were recorded at 155 km/h on Sunday morning, the NHC said in an advisory. It is rare for a major hurricane to develop on a given date so soon Like June.
Beryl is predicted to strengthen Category 4 hurricane On Monday, on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale, winds could blow like this Cause “catastrophic damage”. Hurricane warnings have been issued for Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and Tobago.
The NHC warned those islands to be prepared for up to 15 cm of rain. They said Beryl would raise sea levels by up to 2.74 meters above normal tide levels where the storm makes landfall.
Last month, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted “hurricane activity” more than usual” In the Atlantic in 2024, partly due to near-record warm sea temperatures.
It is unusual to see a large storm form so soon in the season, which runs from 1 June to 30 November.
According to the NHC, if Beryl strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane, it will be the earliest hurricane of its type on record, surpassing Hurricane Dennis, which became a Category 4 on July 8, 2005.
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