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GENEVA — Hurricane Beryl, which has strengthened to a Category 5 storm, is setting the tone for a "very dangerous" hurricane season, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday.Beryl swept through Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines, leaving many households without power, and is expected to hit Jamaica on Wednesday and the Cayman Islands later in the week.
"A Category 5 hurricane under the five-step Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale brings winds of 252 kilometers an hour or higher, capable of causing catastrophic damage including the destruction of homes and infrastructure."We need to bear in mind that it only takes one land-falling hurricane to set back decades of development," Nullis said.
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