Hurricane Beryl, Atlantic's earliest Category 4 hurricane, bears down on Caribbean islands

Hurricane Beryl has begun pounding the southeast Caribbean as a powerful Category 4 storm after becoming the earliest storm of that strength to form in the Atlantic, fuelled by record warm waters.

Hurricane Beryl, Atlantic's earliest Category 4 hurricane, bears down on Caribbean islands
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Hurricane Beryl has begun pounding the southeast Caribbean as a powerful Category 4 storm after becoming the earliest storm of that strength to form in the Atlantic, fuelled by record warm waters.