Beryl Storm Approaches Caribbean Windward Islands

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JAKARTA - Hurricane Beryl is moving west in the south of Barbados, approaching the Windward Islands. This storm is categorized as 3 with a maximum wind speed of 120 mph.

The storm headed to the islands of St. Vincent, Grenadies, Grenada, and Carriacou and Petite Martinique.

Life-threatening wind, waves and storm waves that have the potential to cause disasters are expected to occur there. Heavy rains and floods are also expected.

Reported by ABC News, Monday, July 1, Beryl on weekends changed from tropical depression to a big storm Category 4 in just 48 hours, to the earliest Category 4 storm recorded in the Atlantic Basin breaking the record of Hurricane Dennis that occurred on July 7, 2005.

Beryl is the first Category 4 ever in June records.

Beryl is moving west at a speed of 20 mph. Some power fluctuations are expected but Beryl is expected to remain at the top of the day as it passes through the Windward Islands.

Life-threatening storm waves will increase the water surface as much as 6 to 9 feet above the surface of normal tides in areas affected by ground winds. Near the coast, the waves will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.