Hurricane Beryl batters Jamaica | BBC News

Powerful Hurricane Beryl has hit Jamaica with heavy winds and rain, damaging buildings and felling trees on the Caribbean island.

The category four storm brought winds of up to 130mph (215km/h) on Jamaica's southern coast.

Social media photos show floodwater pouring down streets, with roofs ripped off by the wind.

The storm has killed at least seven people so far as it sweeps across the Caribbean. It has now been downgraded to a category three storm, and is due to make landfall in Mexico later on Friday.

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[bradwood]

Stay safe Jamaica, love from Canada ♥

[Masaku]

sending love and positivity to jamaica from kenya

[azizking]

Jamaicans are so awesome, beautiful culture and food. Sending prayers from the US 🙏🏾

[jillanejames]

I love how that tourist spoke on his experience with how rose hall handled the situation. It was very positive and honest.

[KP-wtqr]

I've worked with many Jamaicans here in Canada, I'm from Europe but very nice people and cheerful, I love when I've visited Jamaica. The entire Caribbean is a beautiful area in this world.

[Malawei-bujq]

My family are from st Elizabeth, Prayers to all jamacians🙏🇬🇧

[sheiliawilliams]

Just left Jamaica!! Bless all of u guys!! Sending prayers to you. WE (tourists) will be back, and we will always support your beautiful islands!! Headed to Cancun middle of month. Prayers up Cancun!!

[TheOutlierToday]

It's 3:33 AM. It's quiet. Not even raining, no wind. I hope the worst has passed

[ARichardP]

The tourist said he was at the Hilton, 20 minutes east of Montego Bay. That’s on the northern side of the island, away from the worst of the storm, probably at least 40 to 50 miles from where the center of the storm passed. Not surprising the damage was minimal there. It is not indicative of what happened on the southern coast of Jamaica. But it looks like the storm passed a little to the south, keeping the worst of it away from the island.

[stacystunner]

My sweet sweet jamaica im praying for you🇯🇲

[kevinhard]

From "Spain Side" Jamaica. Coast line areas should be evacuated 🙏 inland areas received minimal damage. We got spared for the most part

[jaylink_ff]

Its sad to know that the tourists couldn't enjoy my hometown as well as I do. Love to Jamaica from the Bahamas 🇯🇲

[internationalblink.]

It's something that we in the Caribbean live with every season..but this was seriously different.

[IrlandaLuna-usod]

Beryl could hits twice in my country home 😭🇲🇽

My blessings to Caribbean islands ❤️

[crystal]

Sadness for the fatalities and destruction and hoping the worst is behind and everyone is safe going forward, my son is there with 5 friends thankfully after a very tense day yesterday feeling powerless I’m so relieved for the island hearing from them that Beryl is calming 🙏 nature is powerful so is positivity and prayer 🇯🇲 sending healing and protection to all affected ❤️

[ForwarDone]

Thanks Curtis for your unbiased account of the situation and loads of fun to you and family. Irie.

[pbailey]

Couldn't find any Jamaicans to speak of their experiences then. Needed the voice of a tourist - wow!

[MissHello-sd]

It has come and gone, giving thanks, my water and light is back 0:12

[cookfoodcayman]

From Grand Cayman - Electricty and water still on West Bay Rd - No flooding

[SRC]

Seems like the north of the UK is being hit with the remnants of this Beryl hurricane.