SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico.- This Thursday, the Jamaican authorities They reported that a 20-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman died on Wednesday night following the devastating storm huracán Beryl through the Caribbean island.
According to Jamaican police, a 20-year-old man was swept away by floodwaters caused by heavy rains following trying to retrieve a soccer ball from a ravine in the community of Havanna, Arnett Gardens, in the district of Saint Andrew, in the south of the country.
On the other hand, the acting general director of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management From jamaica, Richard Thompsonreported that a 26-year-old woman died when a tree branch fell on her house during the passage of the hurricane in Westmorelandin the municipality of Hannoverin the west of the island.
“It was confirmed that a woman from Westmoreland had suffered a tree fall on her house and the Department of Health confirmed that the person had passed away. It is unfortunate, it is something we did not want to happen at this event, as always, one life lost is always one too many,” Thompson said.
Likewise, authorities indicated this morning that the municipalities of Clarendon, Manchester, St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland were devastated by the passage of Beryl.
“Although Hurricane Beryl did not make landfall, its eyewall, with the strongest winds and heaviest rain, battered parts of Clarendon, Manchester, St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland. Images of the damage are expected to be very bad,” El Tiempo de Jamaica said on its account on social media X.
Jamaica’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, described the situation in the Saint Elizabeth district on the same social network as “total devastation” and said that several people had lost their homes.
The intense winds of Category 4 Hurricane Beryl also caused damage to the island’s infrastructure and to the Norman Manley International Airport in the Jamaican capital, Kingston, which has been closed since Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. local time (03:00 GMT on Wednesday).
More than 400,000 Jamaicans, or regarding 65% of Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) customers, remain without power since Wednesday night due to the impact of Hurricane Beryl on the island.
JPS said it is already working to restore electricity service to its customers.
Beryl has weakened to a Category 3 but remains a major hurricane that passed southwest of Grand Cayman Island in the Caribbean on Thursday, leaving storm surge and destructive winds and waves in its path to the island. Yucatan Peninsulawhich will arrive this Friday, reported the National Hurricane Center (NHC, in English) of USA.
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2024-07-14 12:53:06
