The eye of Hurricane Baryl is on a collision course with Jamaica, where devastating winds and potentially catastrophic storm surges are expected around noon.
It is expected that Beryl will bring hurricane conditions to Jamaica today at noon with potentially deadly winds and storm surges. It is expected to approach the Cayman Islands tonight until Thursday," warned the National Hurricane Center (NHC) through its social media channels.
With category 5 (the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale) and winds exceeding 250 km/h, the hurricane threatens to cause great destruction in Jamaica, especially in the south of the Caribbean island.
Devastating hurricane-force winds, potentially deadly storm surges, and damaging waves are expected in parts of Jamaica starting this afternoon and in the Cayman Islands early on Thursday. Residents in these areas should listen to local government and emergency management officials to learn about preparedness and/or evacuation orders, warned the NHC.
In that sense, he predicted "sudden floods and landslides caused by heavy rains threatening life in much of Jamaica and southern Haiti."
"Beryl will continue to be a hurricane as it approaches the Yucatan Peninsula and Belize on Thursday night, where hurricane and tropical storm alerts have been issued. There is still uncertainty in the forecast for Beryl's trajectory and intensity over the western Gulf of Mexico this weekend," the organization stated.
On the other hand, the Forecast Center of the National Institute of Meteorology of Cuba (INSMET) indicated that Beryl "should increase rainfall in the eastern region, with somewhat strong winds in the south of the east.
"It will produce strong swells with light to moderate coastal flooding in the south of Granma and Santiago de Cuba (Guamá)," INSMET added through its social media platforms.
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