Hurricane Beryl: Jamaica PM urges people to prepare for deadly storm | BBC News
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Published 2024-07-03
Hurricane Beryl is expected to bring "life-threatening winds and storm surge" to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) warns.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness urged people to "take this hurricane seriously".
Jamaican authorities have imposed a curfew from 06:00 to 18:00 local time (12:00-00:00 BST).
At least seven people were killed as the storm swept through the Caribbean.
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All Comments (21)
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Stay Safe Jamaicans❤
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Praying for everyone in Jamaica 🇯🇲 🙏
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Thank you for reporting on what is happening in the Caribbean
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Stay safe Jamaica, my mom there and grandma cousins
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Thank you the sympathetic coverage on this 😊
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STAY SAFE JAMAICANS 🙂🙂🙂
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Praying for Jamaica & in those in the Hurricane path.
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Stay strong Jamaica
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I hope all the people are safe and my mate I hope she is safe too 😢😢😢😢😢
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This is absolutely awful!! I wish I was able to help, but I’m not because of disability.
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Jamaica sit tight. Keep safe. Best wishes to all
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Sending prayers 🙏🙏
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THANK YOU THE SYMPATHETIC COVERAGE ON THIS 😀🙂😀
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Thoughts and prayers are with you all in the path 🙏
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Climat changed yes, since world exist, but never so quick, human and industry are the guilthy ones
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Sucks to be Jamaican right about now. Stay as safe as possible 🙏
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Hello am from the west side of Jamaica 🇯🇲 the sun is still out and now and agane we have a little rain hopein for the best 🙏
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Get ready people 🎉
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Its weakening considerably
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😢