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Mexico + 5 more

Lesser Antilles, the Caribbean, Venezuela, Mexico - Hurricane BERYL, update (DG ECHO, Copernicus EMS, GDACS, NOAA) (ECHO Daily Flash of 05 July 2024)

  • On 5 July hurricane BERYL is forecasted to make landfall over the area of Tulum city, Mexico late in the morning (UTC), with maximum sustained winds of 176 km/h (Cat. 2).
  • DG ECHO reports, as of 4 July, ten fatalities: three in Grenada, three in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, three across Venezuela - where five people are still missing - and two in Jamaica. DG ECHO also reports 5,780 evacuated people across Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Jamaica.
  • The Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMSR734) has so far produced ten maps.
  • The ERCC will deploy two EU experts in environmental damage assessments from Germany and Sweden as part of United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) teams to Jamaica and Barbados. France has made an offer of assistance under UCPM consisting of shelter and non-food items for Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
  • Over the next 48 hours, very heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge are forecasted over the Yucatan peninsula and the Gulf Coast. NOAA has issued a hurricane warning over these areas.