Hurricane Beryl Makes Landfall On Caribbean Island As Major Category 4 Storm

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The Category 4 storm is the earliest reported in the Atlantic.

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Grenada’s Carriacou Island as a Category 4 storm at 11:10 a.m. local time on Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center, a milestone for the first official hurricane of an expected record-breaking season.


KEY FACTS

Maximum sustained winds have reached 150 mph, up from 130 mph, according to the NHC’s latest advisory on Monday morning.

The NHC said the situation is “extremely dangerous and life-threatening,” and is urging residents in Carriacou Island, Grenada and the Grenadine islands to shelter-in-place.

Hurricane warnings are in place for Barbados, Tobago, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, while a hurricane watch is in effect for Jamaica, tropical storm warnings are in effect for Martinique, Trinidad and St. Lucia, and a tropical storm watch is in effect for much of the southern coast of Hispaniola.

Hurricane Beryl isn’t expected to have any impact on the U.S., according to AccuWeather, though meteorologists still warned residents to be prepared.

SURPRISING FACT

Hurricane Beryl is the earliest category 4 storm recorded in the Atlantic, multiple outlets reported Monday. The storm beat Hurricane Dennis, which held the title after becoming the earliest category 4 storm on record on July 8, 2005, according to the Associated Press.

KEY BACKGROUND

Earlier this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasted the busiest Atlantic hurricane season in its history, predicting between 17 and 25 named storms will form. The first named storm of the season, Tropical Storm Alberto, made landfall in Mexico in mid-June, causing at least three deaths. Scientists blame increasingly severe weather events across the globe—which have included hurricanes as well as record-breaking rain in Florida and brutal heat waves—on human-caused climate change. Climate change causes ocean temperatures to rise, potentially leading to more severe hurricanes as higher temperatures mean more energy, and higher sea levels linked to climate change can also cause worsened flooding from storm surges. La Niña, a weather pattern causing high ocean surface temperatures, could also contribute to this year’s hurricane season.

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