Category 5 storm after leaving Caribbean islands in ruins

Hurricane Beryl, now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, has set its sights on Jamaica’s shoreline after leaving at least one person dead and inflicting ruin across entire islands in the Caribbean on Monday.

Beryl is marching away from the Windward Islands after wreaking havoc on Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. By Wednesday afternoon, the storm is forecast to be hammering Jamaica with life-threatening winds and storm surge.

The storm continues to smash records as it kicks off an exceptionally early hurricane season – now becoming the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record and only the second Atlantic storm of such strength to be recorded in July.