Category 5 Hurricane Beryl rewrites the record books

A harbinger of what could be an overactive Atlantic season, Hurricane Beryl has rewritten the record books since its formation.Updated Jul 2, 2024 6:18 PM CESTHurricane Beryl made landfall in Grenada on July 1 as a Category 4 storm, but it didn’t slow down as its impacts stretched across multiple Caribbean islands and into Venezuela.

Tropical storms in June typically form in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and the southwestern Atlantic. Beryl became a tropical storm across the tropical Atlantic, farther east than where storms usually form. Only Tropical Storm Bret in 2023 developed farther east in the tropical Atlantic in June.

Hurricane Beryl became the first major hurricane east of the Lesser Antilles in June. It is also the third-earliest major hurricane overall, with Hurricane Alma and Audrey ahead of Beryl.Before Beryl, the earliest Category 4 hurricane on record was Hurricane Dennis on July 8, 2005. In becoming a Category 4 hurricane Sunday, Beryl became the only hurricane to achieve that mark in recorded history during the month of June.

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