HURRICANE BERYL ripped off roofs in Jamaica, turned over fishing boats in Barbados and damaged or destroyed 95 per cent of homes on a pair of islands in St Vincent and the Grenadines on Wednesday before rumbling toward the Cayman Islands.

The storm is now hurtling towards Mexico’s Caribbean coast after leaving at least seven dead in its wake.

Beryl’s eye wall brushed by Jamaica’s southern coast on Wednesday afternoon knocking out power and ripping roofs off homes. Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that Jamaica had not seen the “worst of what could possibly happen.