Hurricane Beryl, Early Season and Rapid Intensification

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Hurricane Beryl strengthens into a Category 4 storm as it nears the southeast Caribbean
https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-beryl-caribbean-islands-aaae273e307658866fdd27f9f2c76592

Hurricane Beryl intensifies into an ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm as it approaches the Caribbean
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/30/weather/hurricane-beryl-barbados-caribbean-sunday/index.html

Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, intensified to an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph Sunday morning, as it made its way toward the Windward Islands.

Beryl is now the earliest Category 4 hurricane on record in the Atlantic Ocean and the only Category 4 storm ever recorded in the month of June.

Tropical storm-force winds are expected to reach the Windward Islands late Sunday or early Monday.

The early timing of the season’s first hurricane is unusual, given the average date for the first hurricane is August 11.

As of 5 p.m. ET, Beryl was about 250 miles east southeast of Barbados, heading west, and on track to hit Yucatan Peninsula by Friday (5 days) and possibly into the Bahia De Campeche (Bay of Campeche) unless it veers NW or N.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-beryl-forecast-powerful-storm-caribbean-islands/

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