Beryl Storm Causes Floods, 2 People Die

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JAKAARTA - Hurricane Beryl slid towards Jamaica as a powerful 5-category storm after hitting small islands in the Caribbean. Hurricane Beryl cut off the power grid, causing flooding and reportedly killing two people.

The storm hit the island of Carriacou, part of Grenada, on Monday, July 1, with reports of one person dead.

Another person was reported dead in St Vincent.

Beryl is expected to bring 4 to 12 inches of rainfall to Jamaica on Wednesday, July 3 with the possibility of triggering flash floods, the US National Storm Center (NHC) said.

Beryl, who carries winds at speeds of up to 250 kilometers per hour, is about 625 miles east-east of Kingston, the capital of Jamaica, he said.

Jamaica issued a storm warning on Monday, while tropical storm warnings took effect on parts of the southern coast of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

The storm, which has the potential to cause this disaster, hit the Caribbean region the previous day as a Category 4 storm.

"Although the intensity has increased to 5 from a five-point scale, the intensity is expected to decrease in the future," the NHC said.