HURRICANE BERYL: DETAILS Beryl is the first Hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season. The Hurricane intensified into a "very dangerous" Category 3 storm on Sunday morning as it turned toward Barbados. According to the National Hurricane Center, the cyclone is set to bring a lot of destruction in its path in the coming days. The CNN quoted National Hurricane Centre stated that Beryl is expected to be an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 Hurricane when it reaches the Windward Islands by late Sunday or early Monday. The early timing of the season's first Hurricane is unusual, given the average date for the first Hurricane is August 11. At the time of writing, Beryl was more than 400 kilometres away from Barbados, with windspeeds sailing close to 200 kmph. "The centre of Beryl is expected to move across the Windward Islands Monday morning and across the southeastern and central Caribbean Sea late Monday through Wednesday," the weather centre said. "A life-threatening storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 6 to 9 feet above normal tide levels in areas of onshore flow near where the eye makes landfall in the Hurricane warning area," the NHC further added.