Survival story as Hurricane Beryl razes smallest inhabited island of St Vincent and the Grenadines
Mayreau, St Vincent and the Grenadines AP Mayreu is one of the smallest inhabited islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines. It’s so small that it’s barely visible – a dot on the map of the Caribbean. Hurricane Beryl nearly erased it from the map. Beryl pummelled everything along its path, ripping up roofs of […]
Tropical Storm Beryl spares top Mexican beaches after furious Caribbean trek
Cancun/Tulum, Mexico Reuters Tropical Storm Beryl passed over Mexico’s top beach destinations on Friday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain but without leaving major damage, after forging a deadly trail of destruction across the Caribbean. The core of the storm, downgraded from a hurricane, crossed the Yucatan Peninsula by Friday afternoon, as its maximum wind […]
Hurricane Beryl passes over Caymans, heads for top Mexico resorts leaving widespread destruction
Updated: 12:30pm Kingston, Jamaica Reuters Hurricane Beryl strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday evening as it zeroed in on Mexico’s top tourist resorts after leaving behind a deadly trail of destruction across several Caribbean islands over the past few days. Beryl, packing maximum winds of 185 kph, was on a path to strike […]
Hurricane Beryl strikes Jamaica as death toll creeps up, destruction widespread
Kingston, Jamaica/Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Hurricane Beryl churned menacingly over Jamaica on Wednesday afternoon, after uprooting trees, ripping off roofs and destroying farms as it forged a destructive, water-soaked path across smaller Caribbean islands over the past couple days. The death toll from the powerful Category 4 hurricane rose to at least nine, but it is […]
Deadly Hurricane Beryl churns toward Jamaica, causes “immense destruction”
Kingston, Jamaica Reuters Hurricane Beryl barrelled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday after battering smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, and scientists cited human-caused climate change as the likely culprit for the storm’s rapid strengthening. The unusually early hurricane felled power lines and unleashed flash floods. It has so far claimed […]
Hurricane Beryl “extremely dangerous” as it gains strength in Caribbean
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago/Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines Reuters Hurricane Beryl unleashed powerful winds over the Eastern Caribbean on Monday, downing power lines and ripping roofs from buildings, as scientists argue that climate change likely added to how quickly the unusually fierce, early storm formed. Beryl struck the southeastern Caribbean at Category […]
Commonwealth nations face hurdles to follow Barbados’ republican path
Kingston, Jamaica Reuters Barbados’ declaration of a republic on Tuesday may fuel fervor in other Commonwealth countries to follow suit, but experts say removing the queen requires overcoming political hurdles that have for decades stymied republican initiatives. Barbados inaugurated President Sandra Mason as its head of state on Tuesday to replace Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II […]
Volcanic eruption in Caribbean prompts Baptist church meals, relief agency supplies
RNS Rev Cecil Richards is working with members of his Kingstown Baptist Church to help feed people in Saint Vincent who have been evacuated due to the volcanic eruption on the island nation. Soon after the initial eruption on Friday, volunteers prepared 170 meals from their church kitchen to distribute to evacuees at shelters in […]