Hurricane Beryl towards the Gulf of Mexico: casualties, destructions, gusts up to 200 km/h and waves 5-6m
Beryl is a hurricane that reached Category 5 really fast in the Caribbean Sea over the Venezuela bringing gust winds of 250-270 km/h and waves up to 9-11m. Hurricane Beryl broke a new record as the earliest category five Atlantic hurricane in records going back around 100 years, due to warmer sea surface temperatures. In more detail, Beryl belongs to the rapidly intensifying group of hurricanes, among the fastest storms that occurred before September. It also maintains a duration of over 80 hours as a category 4 and 5 hurricane: several long-lived hurricanes of this category occurred between September and October. The above-average water temperatures are those that are normally reached in September and at the beginning of the season and are fundamental for the genesis and rapid deepening of these vortex structures. In fact the storm shocked many scientists as it took only 42 hours to go from a tropical depression to a major hurricane.
Kingston, Jamaica is currently experiencing the most intense wind and rain its has all day from Hurricane Beryl. #HurricaneBeryl #ObservingBeryl #Beryl #JamaicaObserver #AlwaysAhead pic.twitter.com/JDLeSL70Vn
Beryl killed more than 14 people and destoyed every house in two islands: Hurricane Beryl, as it crossed through the Caribbean Sea it left a trail of devastation as it destroyed houses and killed at least 10 people. St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and Venezuela reported three deaths each, while one person died in Jamaica, while it destroyed every house on two small islands in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Mayreau and Union.
Bouncing around the island setting up starlink. Watching so msny contact families for the first time is quite emotional. #Carriacou #HurricaneBeryl @jpetramala pic.twitter.com/Fy303bVItK
— WxChasing- Brandon Clement (@bclemms) July 2, 2024
Hurricane Beryl's today and future course: Beryl, today made a landfall over Mexico's Caribbean coast, and it has weakened to a hurricane category 1 with wind gusts of 150-160 km/h and waves up to 5-6m. Tomorrow, it will cross over to the Gulf of Mexico where it will be downgraded to a Tropical Storm with wind gusts up to 110-120 km/h, torrential rain and severe thunderstorms. Then, it seems that it will continue a northwestern course in the Gulf of Mexico towards South Padre Island, Texas close to the Texas-Mexico border, as a Category 1 hurricane between Sunday night and Monday morning. It is possible that it will be upgraded to a Category 1 before it makes a landfall, due to the warm sea temperatures that will help it regain power.
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