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Grenada’s Petite Martinique island, pictured in May 2023 and on July 2, 2024, just one day after Hurricane Beryl swept through the eastern Caribbean.
While Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, and other nations in the region are assessing damage, there’s no doubt that Category 4 Beryl has been devastating for many.
READ MORE: ‘Extremely dangerous’ Category 4 Hurricane Beryl heads for the Caribbean. A hurricane warning is in effect for Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada & Tobago.
The storm continues to beat records, first becoming the earliest category 4 hurricane and now the earliest category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, with sustained winds of 165mph (270km/h).
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Grenada was last struck by a deadly hurricane 20 years ago when a powerful Hurricane Ivan struck the country before battery Jamaica and nearly flattening the Cayman Islands.
The hurricane damaged more than 14,000 homes and destroyed 30% of the houses, leaving about 18,000 people homeless. A total of 39 people were killed by the hurricane on the island. Elsewhere, Hurricane Ivan caused at least three fatalities and moderate damage in northern Venezuela. One person died each in Trinidad and Barbados.
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm heading toward Jamaica after earlier crossing islands in the southeast Caribbean ...