Hurricane Beryl to reach Jamaica

June 30, 2024

has moved on from the and is due to reach  on Wednesday. The storm has developed in strength and has become a. Beryl is feared to threaten Jamaica with "life-threatening winds", after having left   with broken buildings and no electricity for most of the island. Strengthening of the storm is caused by the warming of the oceans, a consequence of climate change. The forecast of the says that 2024 could have up to 25 named storms, between eight and thirteen of which could become hurricanes.

, which wreaked havoc across in 2005 was also a Category 5 storm. According to, Beryl is the earliest storm of such category in a.