Hurricane Beryl hits Jamaica on Wednesday with wind speeds of 250 km/h and a life-threatening storm surge

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Jamaica is bracing for one of the strongest hurricanes in recent memory. The National Hurricane Center released its latest report on Hurricane Beryl, a Category 4 hurricane, Tuesday afternoon, showing the system is packing life-threatening sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a catastrophic storm surge.

Beryl is currently moving toward the west-northwest at about 22 miles per hour. This general motion is expected to continue through Wednesday and then turn more westward on Thursday.

The center of Beryl is forecast to move quickly across the central Caribbean Sea today and is expected to pass near Jamaica on Wednesday and the Cayman Islands on Thursday.

The center is expected to approach the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday night.

Reports from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate maximum sustained winds of around 155 mph (250 km/h), with stronger gusts. Beryl is a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

Weakening is expected later today, but Beryl is still expected to reach major hurricane strength as it moves into the central Caribbean, passing Jamaica on Wednesday and the Cayman Islands on Thursday.

After that, further weakening is expected, but Beryl is forecast to remain a hurricane in the northwestern Caribbean.

Beryl’s storm surge could raise water levels in areas with offshore winds by as much as 5 to 8 feet above normal tide levels.
the immediate coast of Jamaica.

The system is not expected to impact Florida.