Jamaica braces for Hurricane Beryl, with life-threatening winds and storm surge

Jamaica was braced for impact as Hurricane Beryl approaches the Caribbean island as a Category 4 storm, with evacuations ordered ahead of forecasted life-threatening winds and floods.

Jamaica was braced for impact Wednesday as Hurricane Beryl approaches the Caribbean island nation as a major Category 4 storm, with evacuations ordered ahead of forecasted life-threatening winds and floods.

And while Beryl's path is uncertain, state authorities in Texas have warned people in coastal areas to be prepared over the holiday weekend in case tropical weather reaches the United States' Gulf Coast.

So far, at least seven people are known to have died as a result of the storm, which has destroyed homes and devastated farms on islands across the Caribbean.

The small island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was badly hit, with at least one person dead and more casualties feared. In Grenada, where least three people have died, Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said many homes had been destroyed and called the storm's effect "Armageddon-like." Venezuela was hit by heavy flooding and at least three people have died there, with four more missing, the country's president, Nicolás Maduro, said.

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