Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Grenada as Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds

Video from Martinique, French West Indies.

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Grenada's Carriacou Island on Monday morning as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm with 150 miles per hour winds.

Beryl is expected to bring “catastrophic winds and life-threatening storm surge" to the Windward Islands, which include Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands and Martinique, according to the National Hurricane Center. The southern Windward Islands have already been impacted by storm conditions.
Residents in Grenada, the Grenadine Islands, and Carriacou Island should not leave their shelter as winds will rapidly increase within the eyewall of Beryl," the National Hurricane Center warned. "Remain in place through the passage of these life-threatening conditions and do not venture out in the eye of the storm."

Maximum rainfall of up to 10 inches is possible in the Grenadines and up to 6 inches across Barbados. Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands, Grenada and Tobago. A hurricane watch was issued in Jamaica.

Life-threatening storm surge may raise water levels by 6 to 9 feet near where the center of the Beryl makes landfall in the hurricane warning area, according to the NHC. Large and destructive waves are possible near the coast.

Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchel said there have already been reports of "extensive storm surge," damage to buildings and loss of electricity in the country.

"And there is the likelihood of even greater damage," Mitchell said, adding that there have been no reports of casualties or injuries.

Beryl is the first Category 4 hurricane on record to form in the month of June. The hurricane is also the earliest Category 4 on record for the Atlantic hurricane season, beating the previous record of Hurricane Dennis which formed July 8, 2005.