Important Takeaways:
- Beryl’s ‘Armageddon-like’ impact: Few buildings stand, power grid destroyed in Caribbean
- As Hurricane Beryl bore down on Jamaica on Wednesday, the islands in its wake were getting a clearer picture of the destruction the record-setting storm left behind in the southeastern Caribbean.
- “It is almost Armageddon-like, almost total damage or destruction of all buildings whether they be public buildings, homes or other private facilities,” said Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell after a helicopter survey on Tuesday. “Complete devastation and destruction of agriculture. Complete and total destruction of the natural environment; there is literally no vegetation left anywhere on the island of Carriacou.”
- It is now estimated that only 2% of the buildings and homes there survived — 98% have been destroyed or severely damaged.
- Beyond the immediate housing crisis, Mitchell said the electrical grid system and communication systems had been destroyed. “As of this moment, communication is still a major problem,” he said late Tuesday.
- Beryl remained a Category 4 on Wednesday as it headed toward Jamaica, which is currently under a state of emergency.
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