How Hurricane Beryl Is Shattering Storm Records

TIME

Hurricane Beryl continues to cause havoc on the island of St.Vincent, where rough seas and strong winds sunk one boat and ran another aground.

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00:00We have loads of roofs that are off.

00:03We have, you know, we have no power.

00:05It's been a challenging 24 hours, as you could imagine.

00:09I'm not used to this kind of weather.

00:11This is actually the strongest storm

00:14that we've had come through St. Vincent in my lifetime.

00:18And I hope that I don't have another one.

00:22And to be fair, this wasn't even a direct hit.

00:25The eye of the storm was closer down

00:27to Karapu and Grenada.

00:30We basically got the northeastern quadrant,

00:34where we got loads of wind and rain and stuff.

00:36So I shudder to think what it would be like

00:39if we actually had a direct hit,

00:42sitting in the house, looking at the roof.

00:45And you can, the wind was just constant.

00:49You could hear the galvanized on the roof,

00:51just having its own conversation.

00:54And you're really just hoping for the best.

00:56And all around me, there were houses in the village.

01:00Their roofs were flying past.

01:01You could see it passing.

01:03It was just a terrifying experience.

01:08Once you've experienced it, then you know.

01:11But until then, trust me, it's crazy.

01:15I am worried because it seems as though

01:18it's going to be a very active one.

01:21But I'm just hoping for the best.

01:23I'm hoping that, you know, the trade winds pick up

01:27and I'm hoping that we have that upward trough

01:29that we usually have,

01:30that usually keeps St. Vincent and the Grenadines safe.

01:33You know, this wall used to be the perimeter fence

01:35for Massey Supermarket.

01:37And basically, this is what we have now.

01:40The water came up and there was basically seawater

01:43everywhere in this compound yesterday.

01:45So this is just a little, you know,

01:48taste of the damage that we've had.

01:50As I said, there are roofs off everywhere.

01:53I don't think there's any body on the island

01:55or even in the Grenadines who can say

01:57that they haven't been affected

01:59in one way or the other by this storm.

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