Hurricane Beryl strengthens to ‘catastrophic’ category 5

Hurricane Beryl has intensified into a category 5 storm as it barrels towards Jamaica after wreaking havoc across the eastern Caribbean. The first hurricane of the season and the earliest top-level storm in the Atlantic on record, Beryl is still gathering strength as it reaches winds of up to 165mph. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said late on Monday that Beryl had become a “potentially catastrophic” category 5 hurricane and forecast “life-threatening winds and storm surge” in Jamaica with the potential for flash floods. #hurricane #beryl #caribbean Read more: