Hurricane Beryl takes aim at southeastern Caribbean as a powerful Category 4 storm
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(1 Jul 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
(1 Jul 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
St. Andrews, Grenadines - 01 July 2024
1. Dawn shots of rain and wind in early hours
2. Palm trees swaying in the wind
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Marquis Beach, Grenada - 01 July 2024
3. Waves at Marquis Beach
GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA HANDOUT
Saint George's, Grenada - 01 July 2024
4. Grenadian prime minister's press conference
5. SOUNDBITE ( English) Dickon Mitchell, Grenadian Prime Minister:
“All of the reports throughout Grenada so far overnight indicate that we had varying degrees of rainfall and varying degrees of wind but there has not been reports of any major damage as a result of the weather, and so we are grateful and thankful for that. So far it means our prayers have been answered but the next 8 hours are absolutely critical. If ever it represents perhaps the most dangerous part of this exercise, so I want to reemphasize to the citizens that the state of emergency remains in place, it for your own safety.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Christ Church, Barbados - 01 July 2024
6. Various of wind in fields with storm clouds above
GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HANDOUT
Bridgetown, Barbados - 01 July 2024
++WITH GRAPHICS/ SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER FROM SOURCE++
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Wilfred Abraham, Barbadian Minister of Home Affairs and Information:
“It is safe to do so. Teams are deploying, those will consist of the police, the BDF (Barbados Defence Force), roving response. They will be deployed to literally drive the length of the major arteries in Barbados to check for debris, check for fallen trees, check for fallen poles, to insure that it is safe for people to come out and use the roads.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bridgetown, Barbados - 01 July 2024
8. Various of beach with waves
STORYLINE:
Hurricane Beryl began pounding the southeast Caribbean on Monday as a powerful Category 4 storm after becoming the earliest storm of that strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters.
The storm was expected to make landfall in the Windward Islands late Monday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, Grenada, Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines as thousands of people hunkered down in homes and shelters.
The last strong hurricane to hit the southeast Caribbean was Hurricane Ivan 20 years ago, which killed dozens of people in Grenada.
“Reports throughout Grenada overnight so far have been of no major damage but the next 8 hours are crucial," said Dickon Mitchell, Grenada's Prime Minister.
Beryl was located 50 miles (75 kilometers) east of Grenada on Monday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 130 miles (215 kilometers) per hour, and was moving west-northwest at 20 mph (31 kph).
It was a compact storm, with hurricane-force winds extending 35 miles (55 kilometers) from its center.
The storm had not made landfall yet, but officials in Barbados already received more than a dozen reports of roof damage, fallen trees and downed electric posts across the island, emergency officials said.
Once Beryl passes, drones will assess damage and speed up response, said Wilfred Abrahams, minister of home affairs and information.
Before, it used to take two hours to receive information as crews fanned out across the island, versus seven minutes with drones, he noted.
He said roving teams would also be deployed.
AP video shot by Kofi Jones and Amar Spencer
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
St. Andrews, Grenadines - 01 July 2024
1. Dawn shots of rain and wind in early hours
2. Palm trees swaying in the wind
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Marquis Beach, Grenada - 01 July 2024
3. Waves at Marquis Beach
GOVERNMENT OF GRENADA HANDOUT
Saint George's, Grenada - 01 July 2024
4. Grenadian prime minister's press conference
5. SOUNDBITE ( English) Dickon Mitchell, Grenadian Prime Minister:
“All of the reports throughout Grenada so far overnight indicate that we had varying degrees of rainfall and varying degrees of wind but there has not been reports of any major damage as a result of the weather, and so we are grateful and thankful for that. So far it means our prayers have been answered but the next 8 hours are absolutely critical. If ever it represents perhaps the most dangerous part of this exercise, so I want to reemphasize to the citizens that the state of emergency remains in place, it for your own safety.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Christ Church, Barbados - 01 July 2024
6. Various of wind in fields with storm clouds above
GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS HANDOUT
Bridgetown, Barbados - 01 July 2024
++WITH GRAPHICS/ SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER FROM SOURCE++
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Wilfred Abraham, Barbadian Minister of Home Affairs and Information:
“It is safe to do so. Teams are deploying, those will consist of the police, the BDF (Barbados Defence Force), roving response. They will be deployed to literally drive the length of the major arteries in Barbados to check for debris, check for fallen trees, check for fallen poles, to insure that it is safe for people to come out and use the roads.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bridgetown, Barbados - 01 July 2024
8. Various of beach with waves
STORYLINE:
Hurricane Beryl began pounding the southeast Caribbean on Monday as a powerful Category 4 storm after becoming the earliest storm of that strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters.
The storm was expected to make landfall in the Windward Islands late Monday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, Grenada, Tobago and St. Vincent and the Grenadines as thousands of people hunkered down in homes and shelters.
The last strong hurricane to hit the southeast Caribbean was Hurricane Ivan 20 years ago, which killed dozens of people in Grenada.
“Reports throughout Grenada overnight so far have been of no major damage but the next 8 hours are crucial," said Dickon Mitchell, Grenada's Prime Minister.
Beryl was located 50 miles (75 kilometers) east of Grenada on Monday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 130 miles (215 kilometers) per hour, and was moving west-northwest at 20 mph (31 kph).
It was a compact storm, with hurricane-force winds extending 35 miles (55 kilometers) from its center.
The storm had not made landfall yet, but officials in Barbados already received more than a dozen reports of roof damage, fallen trees and downed electric posts across the island, emergency officials said.
Once Beryl passes, drones will assess damage and speed up response, said Wilfred Abrahams, minister of home affairs and information.
Before, it used to take two hours to receive information as crews fanned out across the island, versus seven minutes with drones, he noted.
He said roving teams would also be deployed.
AP video shot by Kofi Jones and Amar Spencer
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