'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake

Re:'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake by seanhunter on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @08:17AM (#40865217)

I think that article is a bit out of date. It’s a bit rainy and windy in Jamaica but nowhere near hurricane force. It hit at 1am and was briefly very rainy but has calmed a lot since it devastated SVG and Grenada.

Source: am in Jamaica right now and my mother is sitting outside under cover reading a book.

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Re:'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake by vundercind on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @08:27AM (#40865287)

15-minute-old radar images show only the leading rain bands over Jamaica, storm proper still at sea and headed toward the island.

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Re:'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake by stetrain on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @08:24AM (#40865270)

According to NOAA the expected arrival time of tropical storm force winds in Jamaica is 8am-2pm EDT, with hurricane force winds to follow:

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

Although it has dropped from Category 5 down to Category 4.

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Re:'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake by windexh8er on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @08:31AM (#40865325)

Correct, at the time of writing Beryl is off the SE of Jamaica projected to hit (on the south side of the island) around 11 Eastern [0]. It will still be a Cat4 then.

[0] https://www.windy.com/-Hurricane-tracker/hurricanes/beryl

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Re:'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake by seanhunter on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:17AM (#40865686)

That makes sense. I’m on the North of the island and it’s not even raining any more (for the time being).

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Re:'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake by adolph on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @10:54PM (#40871976)

Glad that you and yourn are safe and well! Here’s hoping the Yucatán and eventually Starbase fares as well.

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