7 dead after Beryl hits Caribbean as powerful Category 4 hurricane

Hurricane Beryl was roaring by Jamaica Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rain after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least seven people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Beryl's eyewall was “brushing the south coast of Jamaica.”
Wind-whipped rain pounded the island for hours as residents heeded authorities' call to shelter until the storm had passed. Power was knocked out in much of the capital.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness said on Wednesday afternoon that nearly 500 people were placed in shelters.
By evening, he said that Jamaica has not seen the “worst of what could possibly happen.”
“We can do as much as we can do, as humanly possible, and we leave the rest in the hands of God,” Holness said.
Several roadways in the country’s interior settlements were impacted by fallen trees and utility poles, while some communities in the northern section were without electricity, according to the government’s information service. #Hurricane #Beryl #Weather
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Hurricane Beryl passed us in Grand Cayman at 5:30am this Thursday morning, about 60 miles south of us, as a Cat 3. We did not lose power or water, not much damage, thankfully. The sea on Seven Mile Beach looked like glass. It was so smooth she passed us at 10:30am. The waves were starting to build, and a lot more rain. Thinking of the others who were deeply affected. Also, us locals call it CAYmaaaannnn, not CayMENS. #cayman #beryl

[@soniyasinha3496]

RIP, what a disaster. wow.. condolences to all.

[@DebraDefreitas]

It's seven dead, All the time but, no one saying from where, why now,is Beryl really take seven.