The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Friday that Beryl is expected to rapidly weaken to a tropical storm.
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The storm was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane on Thursday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Beryl’s eyewall was “brushing the south coast of Jamaica.”
17 and 25 named storms forecast for this summer and fall, with 8 to 13 achieving hurricane status
Beryl became the earliest storm to develop into a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic.
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Carriacou is one of the islands of Grenada, where officials said winds increased up to 150 mph, blowing off roofs and causing other damage.
Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
‘It’s astonishing to see a forecast for a major hurricane in June anywhere in the Atlantic, let alone this far east in the deep tropics’