, blowing off roofs, uprooting trees and causing other damage on Carriacou , one of the islands of Grenada , and elsewhere in the southeast Caribbean .closer to a Category 5 stormThe eye was about 125 miles northwest of Grenada , and moving away from the southern Windward Islands, west-northwest at 21 mph.
There’s better news for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. The hurricane warnings on those islands were lowered to tropical storm warnings. Record warm waters made Beryl the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic. One hurricane center specialist said the water is hotter now than it would normally be at the peak of hurricane season in September.Also, it’s the earliest Category 4 Atlantic hurricane on record.NBC Radio in St. Vincent and the Grenadines said it received reports of roofs being torn off churches and schools as communications began collapsing across the southeast Caribbean.
“There is the likelihood of even greater damage,” he told reporters. “We have no choice but to continue to pray.”
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