Hurricane Beryl has hit Jamaica with high winds and heavy rain, as the powerful storm continues its destructive path through the Caribbean.
Now a category four storm with winds of up to 130mph, the eye of storm has passed Jamaica and is forecast to hit the Cayman Islands and Mexico.
Visit Jamaica has issued advice from its destination assurance team for holidaymakers on the travel alert section of its website.
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Three people died in Grenada, where Hurricane Beryl made landfall as a category five storm on Monday (July 1), one in St Vincent and the Grenadines, and another three in northern Venezuela, which was hit by strong winds and flooding.
Jamaica’s meteorological office has now lifted its hurricane warning as the hurricane is moving away from the west coast of the island.
However, it issued a flash flood warning because of heavy rainfall, accompanied by strong, gusty winds.
In Mexico, where Hurricane Beryl is expected in the coming days, residents in Cancún have rushed to supermarkets to stock up on supplies, reported the BBC.
And officials in Texas warned residents to prepare for the possibility of Beryl’s arrival this weekend.
The BBC also reported that cruise lines have altered their itineraries to avoid Hurricane Beryl.
It said an affected Norwegian Cruise Line vessel had cancelled stops to the Rotary Islands in Honduras, Belize, and two stops in Mexico.
It has replaced these with visits to the Dominican Republic, the US Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas.
Meanwhile, Carnival Horizon ship cancelled calls in the Cayman Islands and Cozumel in Mexico, said the report.