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'Extremely dangerous' Beryl strengthens to Category 4 hurricane as it approaches the Windward Islands

BERYL 6-30
Posted at 2:44 PM, Jun 28, 2024

What you need to know about Hurricane Beryl

  • Beryl is now an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph.
  • The forecast continues to show the storm moving across the Windward Islands Monday morning and across the southeastern and central Caribbean Sea late Monday through Wednesday.
  • Beryl is expected to remain a Category 4 hurricane as it moves through the Windward Islands.
  • Today's data still shows it staying south of Florida.

A low-pressure system more than 1,000 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands became the second tropical depression of the Atlantic Hurricane season Friday afternoon.

The system, now an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane, is expected to move west-northwestward at 18 miles per hour and approach the Windward Islands as soon as late Sunday into Monday morning.

A hurricane warning is in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands, Grenada and Tobago.

A Tropical Storm Warning for Martinique.

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Dominica, Trinidad, the south coast of the Dominican Republic from Punta Palenque westward to the border with Haiti, and the south coast of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Anse d'Hainault.

The ABC Action News weather team is tracking tropical developments in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Watch the video for the latest Tracking the Tropics update.


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