Videos started popping up on the social media site X showing just how strong the now Category 5 Hurricane was.
(NEXSTAR) — Flooded bridges, bending trees, and flying debris are just a few of the things that can be seen looking at video of Hurricane Beryl's destructive path through Jamaica and the eastern Caribbean this week.
Videos started popping up on the social media site X showing just how strong the hurricane was.
One video showed the Flat Bridge, a historic Jamaican landmark, completely flooded by the Rio Cobre river.
Another shows debris from a Jamaican hotel facade flying through the air.
Beryl's eye wall brushed by Jamaica's southern coast Wednesday afternoon knocking out power and ripping roofs off homes. Prime Minister Andrew Holness said Jamaica had not seen the “worst of what could possibly happen.”
Several roadways in Jamaica’s interior settlements were impacted by fallen trees and utility poles, while some communities in the northern section were without electricity, according to the government’s Information Service.
The worst perhaps came earlier in Beryl's trajectory when it smacked two small islands of the Lesser Antilles.
Michelle Forbes, the St. Vincent and Grenadines director of the National Emergency Management Organization, said that about 95% of homes in Mayreau and Union Island have been damaged by Hurricane Beryl.
One fatality in Grenada occurred after a tree fell on a house, Kerryne James, the environment minister, told The Associated Press.
Three people were reported killed in Grenada and Carriacou and another in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, officials said. Three other deaths were reported in northern Venezuela, where four people were missing, officials said.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
