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Cleanup began in Jamaica Thursday as the last vestiges of powerful Hurricane Beryl pulled away overnight, leaving roofless homes, flooded buildings, blocked roads and extensive power outages, as ...
This image focused on the Caribbean was taken on Wednesday morning, July 3, 2024, and shows Beryl as a Category 4 hurricane (left of center) near Jamaica, and a tropical rainstorm (right of center ...
A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac. Beryl was losing intensity but was forecast to still be near major-hurricane strength when it passes ...
Beryl was about 100 miles west of Kingston, Jamaica and headed west-northwest at 20 mph. Hurricane-force winds extended up to 45 miles from the storm’s eye, putting Kingston within reach of the ...
Hurricane Gilbert was the strongest landfalling storm in Jamaican history. The island nation of Jamaica lies in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola.It frequently experiences the effects of Atlantic tropical cyclones that track across the Caribbean, with impacting storms often originating east of the Windward Islands or in the southern Caribbean between Nicaragua and Colombia.
A broad area of low pressure in the western Caribbean Sea is becoming better organized and the National Hurricane Center is initiating advisories on the system as of 4 p.m. Sunday.
On August 17, when a hurricane watch was issued for Jamaica, [8] Prime Minister of Jamaica Portia Simpson-Miller convened an emergency meeting of Jamaica's national disaster preparedness council. [9] Political parties in the island suspended their campaigning for the August 27 national elections to allow residents to prepare for the storm. [ 10 ]
Beryl was packing winds of up to 155 mph (250 kmh) as of 2400 GMT on Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, after striking the Caribbean region as the earliest Category 4 storm on ...