Hurricane Beryl ‘earliest storm of its strength to date’ thanks to warming waters
HURRICANE Beryl struck islands in the south-east Caribbean today, with storm surges nine feet high predicted and governments warning people to take shelter.
“It’s going to be terrible,” St Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said, urging that citizens stay at home and “wait this monster out.”
The category 4 storm, with wind speeds of over 130mph, is the earliest of its strength in Atlantic history, deriving its power from record warm waters — hotter now than they usually would be at the height of hurricane season in September after a summer of warming, hurricane specialist Michael Lowry said.
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