After leaving Jamaica causing power outages but no fatalities, the Hurricane Beryl, now a Category 3 (on the Saffir-Simpson scale)is heading towards the coasts of the Yucatan Peninsula, southeast of Mexico, and is expected to landfall in the state of Quintana Roo on Thursday night or early Friday, the Mexican National Meteorological Service (SMN) reported on Wednesday. It is expected to drop to Category 3 or 2 when it reaches these coasts.
In between, and since Thursday night, Beryl The hurricane is currently hitting the Cayman Islands as the eye of the hurricane is located about 100 kilometres south of the archipelago, where wind gusts of between 60-90 kilometres per hour are recorded. There have been no fatalities yet. Between 10 and 15 cubic centimetres of rain are expected to fall on the Cayman Islands overnight and on Thursday. The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) has warned of the danger of “large waves” and “currents” that the hurricane could cause.
In addition to Mexico, there are also tropical storm warnings for the coast of Belizein Central America. The First hurricane of the Atlantic season has caused great devastation in recent days in Granada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where 2,000 people died four people.
Towards Quintana Roo
Beryl’s approach to the coasts of Quintana Roo, in the Mexican Caribbean, has emergency services and the general population on high alert while prevention programs are implemented. Virtually the entire State remains on yellow alert, while the municipalities of Tulum, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Bacalar, Othon P. Banco and José María Morelos are on high alert. Orange alert and is expected to change over the next few hours as the hurricane progresses.
The hurricane is heading straight for a tourist area, so Mexico is trying to ensure the safety of these tourists. According to Bernardo Cueto, Secretary of Tourism in Quintana Roo, There are 355,786 tourists throughout the state right now, primarily between Cancun and the Riviera Mayawhich represents 68.5% of hotel occupancy. “We are identifying the number of tourists, the shelters for them in the different destinations of the state and at the time that the Civil Protection authorities so determine, in case of evacuation, we will be ready to take the tourists to safe shelters,” Cueto explained. Citizens are also preparing for the hurricane and are stocking up on food and stocking up on planks with which to protect their facades.
By Thursday night or early Friday morning (Friday in Spain) its center is forecast to be located over the north-central region of Quintana Roo as a hurricane. Category 2. Then the cyclone will be reduced to a tropical storm The storm will strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane on Friday night in the Gulf of Mexico, then strengthen back into a Category 1 hurricane and hit the coast of Tamaulipas on Sunday night or early Monday morning. “Beryl is forecast to strengthen again as a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday, with winds of 119 to 153 km/h off the coast of Tamaulipas, and its second impact is expected to be on Sunday night or early Monday morning, on the central-northern coast of Tamaulipas, between the municipalities of Soto la Marina and Matamoros,” explained the head of the Mexican Meteorological Service.
No electricity in Jamaica
As it passed through Jamaica, Beryl caused power outages that left the country without electricity on Wednesday to more than 400,000 Jamaicansabout 65% of Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) customers. The intense winds of Hurricane Beryl also caused damage to the island’s infrastructure and to the Norman Manley International Airport in the capital, Kingston. The airport’s operators, PAC Kingston Airport Limited, reported that the roof of the passenger boarding area was damaged. According to the statement, a final assessment of the damage will be made once the hurricane has passed. The international airport has been closed since Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. local time (03:00 GMT on Wednesday) and its reopening will depend on the situation following the cyclone.
Images shared by users of the social network X show roofs torn off and trees and power poles down due to the impact of the gusts of wind. The latest bulletin from Jamaica’s meteorological agency reported that the rains associated with the hurricane will continue in the centre and west of the island, accompanied by strong winds. In view of the probable catastrophic damage, the Government of Jamaica declared the island a disaster zone for the next seven days and imposed a curfew for today.
Beryl, which has left seven dead on the Caribbean islands, is the first hurricane of the season and sets an “alarming precedent” because a cyclone of maximum intensity has never formed in the Atlantic at this time of year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Tuesday.
Source: Lasexta
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