Beryl projected as “very dangerous” category 4 hurricane

The National Hurricane Center in Miami predicts that Hurricane Beryl could become a category four hurricane “extremely dangerous when the path reaches the Windward Islands.”

The U.S. weather agency warns that the atmospheric phenomenon could pass with destructive hurricane-force winds and storm surges that could be life-threatening.

It also called on the Central American area to follow Beryl’s evolution for possible damage.

So far, hurricane-intensity winds extend 30 kilometers outside its center, and tropical storm-intensity winds extend 130 kilometers.

Onamet is monitoring Hurricane Beryl’s behavior (File photo).

Beryl is expected to enter the Caribbean Sea as the first intense hurricane of the 2024 hurricane season.

The National Meteorological Office (ONAMET) said that downpours will continue this Sunday night and ) issued an alert from Saona Island to Beata Island, coastal areas from La Altagracia to Pedernales, for possible high surf conditions.

Hurricane Beryl could affect the Dominican Republic indirectly at the beginning of the week, according to ONAMET.