Video recorded along the southern coast of Barbados Monday morning shows a life-threatening storm surge rushing inland as Hurricane Beryl spins close to the island.
Hurricane Beryl lashed the Windward Islands on Monday as the powerful storm generated 150 mph winds. Sit back in safety and watch the violent scenes that played out.
Up to 10 inches of rain fell across areas of Grenada. Along the coast, 6–9 feet of storm surge swamped resort hotels. In Barbadoes, several foreign cricket teams in the country for the World Cup of Cricket tournament were trapped in those hotels.
Listen and watch the power of Hurricane Beryl lashing Dover Beach, Barbados Monday morning. Several cricket teams competing in a weekend tournament were trapped.
Vacationing families watched nervously from high rise windows as walls of rain hit sliding glass patio doors at beach hotels. The wind whipped up waves in swimming pools.
Videos recorded in Barbados shows worsening conditions as powerful Hurricane Beryl spins south of the island as a Category 4 storm with winds of 130 mph.
On Grenada, locals were warned to seek higher ground as Beryl closed in. Many never evacuated. After the storm cleared late Monday, residents were left to pick up pieces of debris from the catastrophic storm.
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Beryl damage in the Grenadines. (Ivan Seales)
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A woman runs as water from the sea floods a street after the passage of Hurricane Beryl in the parish of Saint James, Barbados, near Bridgetown. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP)
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Beryl damage in the Grenadines. (Ivan Seales)
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Beryl damage in the Grenadines. (Ivan Seales)
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Beryl damage in the Grenadines. (Ivan Seales)
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Beryl damage in the Grenadines. (Ivan Seales)
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Beryl damage in the Grenadines. (Ivan Seales)
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Beryl damage in the Grenadines. (Ivan Seales)
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A boy clears rock from the street as it gets flooded after the hurricane Beryl passes in the parish of Saint James, Barbados, near to Bridgetown, Barbados on July 1, 2024. (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP)
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Residents clear a boat from the street as it gets flooded after the passage of Hurricane Beryl in the parish of Saint James, Barbados, near Bridgetown on July 1, 2024. Officials in Barbados said the island was buffeted by high winds and pelting rain, but appeared to have avoided disaster, reporting no injuries so far. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP)
Wild wind tore apart buildings across St. Vincent and the Grenadines. UNICEF said the Owia Government School was “significantly damaged.”
Boats raced to Trinidad to shelter from the storm. The government allowed boaters to anchor without processing through customs until the storm passed. Soon the waves became too much for other boats to try to get into port.
The palm trees held up to hurricane-force winds in Greneda, but other neighborhoods were torn apart. Damage pictures are slow to come in from the damaged island nations.
The NHC Director made a plea to those in Grenada to not go outside when the calm of the eye moved overhead because the storm moved so fast, the backside of the eyewall would catch them.
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Beryl is forecast to weaken slightly after Tuesday when it closes in on Jamaica.
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Despite the video, the man who posted on social media wrote, “Hurricane Beryl. Not as bad as was predicted thankfully.”