Hurricane nears Jamaica
Manchester Evening News|July 04, 2024
HURRICANE Beryl roared through open waters as a powerful Category Four storm headed towards Jamaica on Wednesday after earlier crossing islands in the south-east Caribbean, killing at least six people.
Hurricane nears Jamaica

A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac.

Beryl was losing intensity but was still forecast to be near major hurricane strength when it passes near or over Jamaica on Wednesday, near the Cayman Islands on Thursday and into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Friday, according to the National Hurricane Centre.

A hurricane watch was in effect for Haiti's southern coast and the Yucatan's east coast. Belize issued a tropical storm watch stretching south from its border with Mexico to Belize City.

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