The deadly Hurricane Beryl is moving towards Mexico late on Wednesday after battering Jamaica’s southern coast.
The Category 4 has left in its wake a path of destruction across the Caribbean by killing at least seven people. According to the media reports, the number of dead may be 10 already, with more to be reported as communications come back online. According to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), Hurricane Beryl was pulling away from Jamaica late on Wednesday and was expected to pass just south of the Cayman Islands overnight.
From there, it is expected to move to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. Mexico is scrambling to brace for the deadly storm. Hurricane Beryl is expected to bring with it damaging winds, a dangerous storm and heavy rainfall over the Yucatán Peninsula and Belize.
Civil Protection national coordinator Laura Velazquez warned of intense rains. Civil Protection national coordinator announced the deployment of hundreds of military personnel, marines, and electricity workers in anticipation of damage that the hurricane will bring.
‘We will have intense rains and wind gusts from Thursday’, he said. As of Wednesday night, Beryl was packing maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (209.21 km/h), said the NHC.
While the force of the winds is expected to weaken in the next day or two, the NHC warned that Beryl would remain at or near major hurricane strength as it passed the Cayman Islands.
The Mexican government has prepared 112 shelters, each with a capacity to shelter around 20,000 people. Furthermore, schools have been suspended in the state of Quintana Roo, where Beryl is expected to hit with all its mighty force.
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