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Highlights
• Hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 4 storm on record, has affected several Caribbean countries and territories.
• The storm made landfall on 1 July as a category 4 major hurricane, with the populations of Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have been significantly affected. Several smaller islands, including Carriacou and Petite Martinique in Grenada, and a few of the Grenadines islands - Union Island, Canouan, and Mayreau - were severely impacted.
• Hurricane Beryl subsequently made landfall in Jamaica on 3 July, drenching the country with a month’s worth of rain.
Situation Overview
Authorities and humanitarian agencies continue to quantify the damage but access and communications challenges mean that information about the needs of the affected population remains limited.
• Grenada - Grenada's mainland has only been mildly affected, but its sister islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique have been critically damaged, with 98 per cent of the infrastructure destroyed, including destruction of health facilities, along with power outages and disruption to water supplies and telecommunications. Initial reports suggest that 6,980 persons have been affected. The Government of Grenada has been evacuating people from Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
• St. Vincent - Severe damage has been recorded in the Grenadines, including Union, Canouan and Mayreau Islands. Around 98 per cent of infrastructure has been destroyed in Bequia and Union Islands, including schools and hospitals have been destroyed in the Union Islands. Efforts have been made to evacuate persons from Canouna, Mayreau and Union Islands to St. Vincent mainland. Information remains limited, however, initial reports suggest that 3,000 people have been affected on Union Island, 1,500 on Canouan, and 300 people on Mayreau. The Government of St. Vincent has been evacuating people from the Grenadines to the mainland.
• Jamaica - The parishes of Clarendon, Manchester and St. Elizabeth have been most severely affected by Beryl. Impacts across the island also included fallen trees, wind damage to infrastructure and roofing, flooding and storm surges. More than 400,000 people have been affected by power outages.
Needs assessments are underway in the above countries.