{"id":81544,"date":"2024-07-04T18:22:49","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T18:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/many-jamaicans-without-power-after-storm-thunders-through\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T18:22:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T18:22:49","slug":"many-jamaicans-without-power-after-storm-thunders-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/many-jamaicans-without-power-after-storm-thunders-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Jamaicans without power after storm thunders through"},"content":{"rendered":"


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By\u00a0Nick Davis,\u00a0<\/span>BBC News, Kingston<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Cayman Islands and Mexico braces for Hurricane Beryl<\/figcaption><\/p>\n
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Hundreds of thousands of homes in Jamaica remain without power in the wake of Hurricane Beryl.<\/p>\n

The category four storm – one of the most powerful to ever hit the country – swept along the island’s southern coast on Wednesday night, bringing more than 12 hours of heavy rain.<\/p>\n

Officials and residents are assessing the damage after an island-wide curfew was lifted early on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Beryl, which has now weakened to a category three storm, is headed for Mexico and the Cayman Islands. It left a trail of devastation across the Caribbean, killing at least 10 people.<\/p>\n

St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and Venezuela reported three deaths each, while one person died in Jamaica. <\/p>\n

The storm destroyed almost every home on two small islands in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Mayreau and Union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here in the capital, Kingston, while the winds were extremely strong, they weren’t the hurricane gusts that were expected. But the hours of heavy rain are a real concern, especially on farmland where flooding has been reported.<\/p>\n

One resident of a rural farming community told the Reuters news agency: “It’s terrible. Everything’s gone. I’m in my house and I’m scared.”<\/p>\n

“It’s a disaster,” said Amoy Wellington, who lives in the southern parish of St Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night I was able to go outside briefly to move my car away from overhanging trees.<\/p>\n

A full-length mirror was lying next to the car – it had probably blown off someone’s balcony, a reminder that unexpected objects suddenly become missiles in winds that strong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rain lashed Jamaica for 12 hours<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Jamaican energy provider JPS said that 65% – or about 400,000 of its customers – were without power on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

The hurricane has delivered \u201ca most devastating blow\u201d to parts of the island, said the MP for St Elizabeth South Western.<\/p>\n

Posting on X, Floyd Green said in his constituency \u201csignificant numbers of roofs [have been] lost, houses destroyed, trees uprooted, light poles downed, almost all roads are impassable.\u201d<\/p>\n

King Charles III, who is also monarch in several Caribbean nations, said on Thursday he was “profoundly saddened to learn of the dreadful destruction” left by Hurricane Beryl.<\/p>\n

The UN has unlocked $4m (\u00a33.1m) from its emergency response fund to help the recovery in Jamaica, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Andrew Holness thanked “first responders, essential services, security forces and good Samaritans who have assisted others in this time of crisis” on his X account.<\/p>\n

Beryl became the the earliest category five Atlantic hurricane in records going back around 100 years – thought to be as a result of warmer sea surface temperatures.<\/a><\/p>\n

The storm shocked meteorologists at how fast it intensified – taking just 42 hours to go from a tropical depression to a major hurricane.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Alex Smith and Tiffany Wertheimer<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Watch: Flooding and destruction after Hurricane Beryl hits Jamaica<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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