Hurricane Beryl devastates Caribbean islands
Getty Images
Hurricane Beryl has ripped across the Caribbean with winds of 240km/h (150mph) tearing roofs from buildings, uprooting trees and devastating the islands in its path.
At least six people are known to have been killed across Grenada and St Vincent, and thousands left homeless after the category five storm made landfall on Tuesday.
It has since been downgraded to category four, but the US National Hurricane Center is warning of “life-threatening winds and storm surge” for Jamaica later on Wednesday and the Cayman Islands into Thursday.
Reuters
The storm wrecked homes and businesses in the Hastings neighbourhood of Bridgetown, Barbados, on Monday.
BARBADOS GOVERNMENT HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
Images shared by the Barbados Government Information Service showed the damage to fishing vessels as fishermen tried to save their fleet.
ASSOCIATED PRESSReuters
Pictures of Hurricane Beryl from the International Space Station show the size of the storm spanning the southern Caribbean.
Reuters
There are “hardly any buildings left standing” on Union Island, one resident told the BBC.
Homes were ripped apart by the storm on the Grenadine island of Carriacou.
Reuters
On St Lucia, party boat The Pearl, a popular nightlife spot, was torn from its moorings and dashed against the rocks.
Reuters
Sand, stones and furniture was left smashed against waterfront businesses in Soufriere, St Lucia.
Shutterstock
A thrill-seeker got close to the water’s edge as the storm approached the Dominican Republic on Tuesday.
Reuters
Houses lost their roofs after Hurricane Beryl passed over the town of Sauteurs, Grenada.
EPA
The full force of Hurricane Beryl passed by the south and south-west of the Dominican Republic, but the wind and rain was still bad enough to close roads and displace dozens of people.
Reuters
Tourists in Cancun, Mexico, are taking the opportunity to enjoy the weather before Hurricane Beryl is expected to hit shores later in the week.
Hurricane Beryl is expected to make landfall on Mexico’s Quintana Roo coast.
Reuters
In Cancun, people are planning for the worst, filling shopping trolleys and leaving supermarket shelves empty.
#Hurricane #Beryl #devastates #Caribbean #islands