Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for BERYL-24
in Haiti, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone BERYL-24 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1001067
Name BERYL-24
From - To 28 Jun - 02 Jul
Exposed countries Haiti, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Mexico
Exposed population 2.7 million in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 269 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 0.5 m (01 Jul 14:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Jamaica)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 222 km/h 0.5 m n.a. 2.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 259 km/h n.a. 671 mm 2.5
GFS 173 km/h 0.7 m 352 mm 1.5
ECMWF 202 km/h 0.5 m 499 mm 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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Lesser Antilles, The Caribbean - Hurricane BERYL, update (ECHO 01 Jul 2024)Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:20

  • BERYL is the earliest Cat. 4 hurricane on record, being the strongest formed during the month of June. On 1 July , its centre was located over the Ocean approximately 285 km south-east of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h (Cat. 3 hurricane).
  • BERYL is forecast to continue west, and to pass between St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada on 1 July early the afternoon (UTC), with maximum sustained winds up to 213 km/h (Cat. 4 ). After that, it is expected moving toward Jamaica and the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) on 3-5 July, weakening but remaining a hurricane.
  • Over the next 48 hours, very heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge are forecast over the Windward Islands. NOAA has issued a hurricane warning over St. Vincent and the Grenadine, Grenada, St. Lucia and Tobago. 
  • CDEMA is monitoring the situation and coordination meetings among Caribbean countries have been carried out. In some countries, emergency shelters have been set up. DG ECHO is in contact with ECHO partners and CDEMA. 
BERYL-24 - EC/ECHO daily mapMon, 01 Jul 2024 18:08

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Lesser Antilles, the Caribbean - Hurricane BERYL, update (ECHO 02 Jul 2024)Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:17

  • On 1 July hurricane BERYL passed between St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada with maximum sustained winds up to 222 km/h (Cat. 4 hurricane) and continued moving northwestward over the Caribbean Sea, strenghtening.
  • WHO PAHO and IFRC report 1,032 evacuated people (a number of these in 68 shelters) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2,500 evacuated (40 shelters) in Grenada and 129 evacuated in Trinidad and Tobago.
  • The Copernicus Emergency Management Service () was activated in rapid mapping mode.
  • On 2 July at 6.00 UTC, its centre was located offshore approximately 1,170 km south-east of Jamaica and 710 km south-east of Dominican Republic, with maximum sustained winds of 270 km/h (Cat. 5 Hurricane).
  • BERYL is forecast to continue northwestward, weakening, and to pass just south of Jamaica on 3 July in the evening (UTC), as a Cat. 2-3 hurricane. After that, it is expected to make landfall over the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico on 5 July, as a Cat. 1 hurricane. NOAA has issued a hurricane warning over Jamaica.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (2), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),