Hurricane Beryl, a strong Category 4 wind, swept past Jamaica late on Wednesday, bringing severe winds and heavy snowfall. In the southern Caribbean, the storm had originally caused significant damage and claimed at least seven life.
According to the US National Hurricane Center, Beryl’s eyewall was “brushing the southern coast of Jamaica”. People of the island waited until the storm passed to get shelter as they soaked up hours of wind-driven weather. Many of Jamaica’s money, Kingston, experienced energy outages.
By Wednesday afternoon, almost 500 people had been moved to homes, according to Prime Minister Andrew Holness. He stated,” We can do as much as we can do, as humanly possible, and we leave the rest in the hands of God,” acknowledging that Jamaica had not yet experienced the “worst of what could possibly happen.”
According to the president’s information service, fallen trees and power poles impacted many roads in the government’s interior settlements, and some northeastern communities experienced power outages.
Due to Beryl’s appearance in Kingston, occupants had taken precautions like cleaning up windows, removing their boats from the ocean, and removing roads advertising boards to shield them from the strong winds.
