This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken at 4:20pm EDT shows hurricane Beryl, lower center right, as it strengthens over the Atlantic Ocean and churns toward the southeast Caribbean on Saturday, June 29, 2024.
Beryl has been upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane by the U.S. National Hurricane Center as it travels westward in the southeast Caribbean.The Associated PressThis satellite image taken at 4:20 p.m. ET on Saturday shows Hurricane Beryl, lower centre right, as it strengthens over the Atlantic Ocean and churns toward the southeast Caribbean. Hurricane Beryl has been upgraded to a "very dangerous" Category 3 as it approaches the southeast Caribbean, the U.S.
The storm is expected to bring life-threatening winds and storm surge in the Windward Islands beginning early Monday, the Miami-based centre said on its website. Warm waters were fuelling Beryl, with ocean heat content in the deep Atlantic the highest on record for this time of year, according to Brian McNoldy, University of Miami tropical meteorology researcher.
Thousands of people were in Barbados for Saturday's Twenty20 World Cup final, cricket's biggest event, with Mottley noting that not all fans were able to leave Sunday despite many rushing to change their flights. "I don't want that to be the approach that they take," he said, warning that Beryl is a dangerous storm and urging Barbadians to direct homeless people to a shelter."I need Barbadians at this point to be their brother's keeper," he said. "Some people are vulnerable."
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