PM Says Hurricane Beryl “Flattened” Grenadine Island

July 1, 2024 News, Weather

CNN reports:

Hurricane Beryl roared across the Windward Islands on Monday as an extremely dangerous Category 4, delivering catastrophic winds, intense rainfall and life-threatening storm surge.

Beryl made landfall shortly after 11:00 a.m. EDT on Grenada’s Carriacou Island in the Caribbean Sea with max winds of 150 mph. It is the strongest known hurricane to pass through the Grenadines, according to data from NOAA that goes back to 1851.

There were “widespread reports of destruction and devastation in Carriacou and Petite Martinique,” Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said in a Monday news briefing. “In half an hour, Carriacou was flattened.”

USA Today reports:



Power was out throughout Grenada and residents were advised to shelter in place as Beryl brought down power lines and tore away roofs. The last major hurricane to reach the country’s shores was Ivan, which caused widespread devastation with winds of more than 135 mph in 2004.

“This was essentially a worst-case scenario for the southern Grenadines,” AccuWeather lead hurricane forecaster Alex DaSilva said, referring to several islands that are part of Grenada. “The wind field expanded, and wind speeds intensified before Beryl made landfall.”

Nourished by warm waters, Beryl is expected to remain an “extremely dangerous major hurricane” as its core slams through the eastern Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said in its 5 p.m. ET advisory.

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