Tracking the Tropics: Hurricane Beryl moving past Winward Islands Monday as Category 3 storm

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Published 2024-07-01
Hurricane Beryl is slightly weaker after becoming the earliest Category 4 storm to form in the Atlantic but remains "extremely dangerous" as it moves toward land, the National Hurricane Center said.

It's the first-named hurricane of the season and the earliest a Category 4 storm has ever formed in the Atlantic. The previous record for the earliest Category 4 hurricane was Hurricane Dennis on July 8, 2005.

As of the latest advisory, NHC forecasters say "Beryl is expected to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane as its core moves through the Windward Islands into the eastern Caribbean."

Hurricane Beryl is about 125 miles east-southeast of Grenada and moving 20 mph with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, according to the latest advisory.

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