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By Chandan KHANNA Saint-Georges (Grenade) (AFP) - L'ouragan Béryl, qui menace les Caraïbes, s'est à nouveau renforcé et a été relevé en catégorie 5 "potentiellement catastrophique" par le Centre national américain des ouragans (NHC) lundi en fin de journée, après avoir balayé plusieurs îles du sud-est des Caraïbes. "Béryl est désormais un ouragan de catégorie 5 potentiellement catastrophique" et "devrait encore être proche de l'intensité d'un ouragan majeur" avec des vents jusqu'à 260 km/h, en poursuivant sa trajectoire jusqu'à la Jamaïque qu'il doit atteindre mercredi, a déclaré le NHC dans u...
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Bridgetown (Barbados) (AFP) - Hurricane Beryl brought devastating winds and heavy rain to several Caribbean islands on Monday as the earliest-ever Category 4 storm churned westward. Carriacou Island, which is part of Grenada, took a direct hit on Monday morning from the storm's "extremely dangerous eyewall," with sustained winds at upwards of 150 miles (240 kilometers) per hour, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Nearby islands, including Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, also experienced "catastrophic winds and life-threatening storm surge" according to the NHC. Video obta...
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Bridgetown (Barbados) (AFP) - Hurricane Beryl plowed toward the southeast Caribbean early Monday as officials warned residents to seek shelter ahead of powerful winds and swells expected from the Category 3 storm. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned in its latest update that Beryl "is expected to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane as its core moves through the Windward Islands into the eastern Caribbean". Its maximum sustained wind speed was hovering around 120 miles per hour (195 kilometers per hour) with higher gusts, said NHC. Beryl was at one point rated Category 4, an...
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By Chandan KHANNA Bridgetown (Barbade) (AFP) - L'ouragan Béryl a touché lundi une île de Grenade, dans les Antilles, avec des vents "dévastateurs" allant jusqu'à 240 km/h, a alerté le Centre national américain des ouragans (NHC). "L'oeil de Béryl a touché l'île de Carriacou", dans le sud des Antilles, à 11H10 locales (15H10 GMT), a déclaré l'agence américaine qui avait sommé aux habitants d'"agir immédiatement" pour se protéger. Béryl est considéré comme extrêmement dangereux et ses vents se sont renforcés pour "atteindre 240 km/h", représentant une menace potentiellement meurtrière, selon le ...
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Bridgetown (Barbados) (AFP) - Much of the southeast Caribbean was on alert Sunday as Beryl strengthened into the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, with forecasters warning of an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Beryl -- currently churning in the Atlantic Ocean about 465 miles (750 kilometers) east of Barbados -- was expected to bring "life-threatening winds and storm surge" when it reaches the Windward Islands early Monday. Warning the storm is "continuing to rapidly intensify," the NHC forecast it would become an "extremely dangero...
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Washington (AFP) - Much of the southeast Caribbean went on alert Saturday as forecasters projected Tropical Storm Beryl would rapidly strengthen over the next 24-48 hours to become the year's first hurricane. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Beryl -- currently situated in the Atlantic Ocean about 785 miles (1260 kilometers) southeast of Barbados -- would become a "dangerous major hurricane" by the time it reached the Windward Islands late Sunday into Monday. Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada all had hurricane watches in place, the NHC said. A major hurric...
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Washington (AFP) - The North Atlantic hurricane season, which starts on June 1, is forecast to be "extraordinary," with up to seven storms of Category 3 or higher expected, the US NOAA weather agency said Thursday. Category 3 hurricanes pack wind speeds over 111 miles (178 kilometers) an hour and wreak devastating damage on houses, uproot trees and often cut off electricity and water for days or even weeks. "This season is looking to be an extraordinary one in a number of ways," said Rick Spinrad of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which cited warm Atlantic ocean temperatur...
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Acapulco (Mexico) (AFP) - Three foreigners were among at least 45 people killed when Hurricane Otis lashed Acapulco last week, authorities said Monday, as Mexico's president promised to put the devastated beachside city "back on its feet." The foreign victims -- from the United States, Britain and Canada -- were residents of Acapulco, Evelyn Salgado, governor of the southern state of Guerrero, told reporters. The latest toll given by Salgado was slightly lower than the 48 deaths reported by the government on Sunday. She said that 47 people were still unaccounted for. According to Mexico's fore...
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Acapulco (Mexico) (AFP) - Airlines began to evacuate tourists from Mexico's beachside city of Acapulco on Friday after a scale-topping Category 5 hurricane left a trail of destruction and at least 27 people dead, authorities said. "Acapulco airport has already been reopened for an airlift," Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval told reporters in Mexico City, adding that the runway had not suffered major damage. Commercial airlines would bring in doctors and fly out tourists and locals, he added. Passengers hauling suitcases arrived to catch the free flights, expressing relief to be alive af...
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Fort Myers (United States) (AFP) - Hour by hour, day by day, hurricane-devastated southwest Florida is starting to get back on its feet -- and the workers doing the hard labor are largely undocumented migrants. They have names like Jael, Juan and Francisco Antonio, and they flooded into Florida from other Gulf Coast states, and even from Mexico, to take on work. Many are perpetual nomadic workers, traveling from one natural disaster to another, toiling by day and sleeping in cars and trucks at night. Since Hurricane Ian smashed into southwest Florida on September 28, killing some 125 people a...
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