July 3, 2024 3:00 PM

Hurricane Beryl, churning toward Jamaica, threatens Haiti and Dominican Republic

Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday, after flattening homes and devastating agriculture on smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, killing at least three people. At around 0600 GMT, the hurricane was about 250 miles (400 km) east-southeast of the Jamaican capital of Kingston, according the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC),packing maximum sustained winds of 145 miles per hour (230 kph). "Beryl is expected to bring life-threatening winds and ...