"We have never seen such a STRONG hurricane this EARLY in the season" is the common comment on social networks about Hurricane Beryl.
Beryl is the strongest Caribbean hurricane ever recorded this early in the season and its making landfall at peak intensity.
Hurricane Hunters are reporting "extreme turbulence and frequent lightning" in the eye-wall of Beryl, a surefire sign of strengthening. Beryl could make a run on CAT 5.
Hurricane Beryl has reached maximum sustained winds of 161 mph (260 kmh), surpassing Hurricane Emily (2005) as the fastest-forming Category 5 Atlantic cyclone by more than two weeks. In recorded hurricane history, a storm like Beryl has never been documented.
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