Hurricane Beryl has become a powerful Category 3 storm as it approaches the Caribbean islands.

Hurricane Beryl has become the first Category 3 storm as it moves toward the southeastern Caribbean Sea, forecasters warned Sunday morning.

As of 11 a.m. ET, Beryl was located about 355 miles east-southeast of Barbados. It was upgraded to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph and was moving west at 21 mph.

Hurricane warnings are already in effect for Barbados, Saint Lucia, Grenada and Saint Vincent, the Grenadines and Tobago. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Martinique, while a tropical storm watch is in effect for Dominica.

“This is an extremely dangerous situation developing for the Windward Islands,” the Miami-based National Hurricane Center warned. Beryl “is expected to bring life-threatening winds and storm surge … as an extremely dangerous hurricane,” the center said.

Hurricane Brill is expected to move through the Windward Islands early Monday as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane before traveling through the southeastern Caribbean Sea Monday night and Tuesday.

The National Hurricane Center said two hurricane hunters were en route to the storm to gather more details about its intensity.

Hurricane Beryl is expected to pass south of Barbados early Monday morning and then head into the Caribbean Sea as a major hurricane on its way to Jamaica and eventually Mexico.

It has been more than fifty years since a hurricane appeared before the Fourth of July in the Atlantic basin. Hit the Florida Keys On June 8, 1966, according to Weather Underground.

“It’s amazing to see a major hurricane forecast for June anywhere in the Atlantic, let alone so far east in the deep tropics. #Beryl is hastily organizing over the warmest waters ever recorded in late June,” expert Florida resident hurricanes. Michael Lowry posted on social media.

Beryl is the second storm in what is expected to be a busy hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30 in the Atlantic Ocean. Last week, Tropical Storm Alberto Bring Heavy flooding in parts of south Texas and northeastern Mexico. It was responsible for at least four deaths in the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon and Veracruz.

According to CBS News weather producer David Parkinson, Beryl is the easternmost hurricane to form in June, and one of only two to do so east of the Caribbean, with the other occurring in 1933. Parkinson expects Beryl to stay south of Jamaica. He expects any U.S. impacts are still at least eight days away.

Warm waters are helping to feed the beryl, with ocean heat content in the deep Atlantic Ocean at an all-time high for this time of year, according to Brian McNoldy, a tropical meteorologist at the University of Miami.

Forecasters warned of life-threatening storm surges of up to 9 feet in areas where Beryl makes landfall, with up to 6 inches of rain in Barbados and nearby islands.

Long lines formed at gas stations and grocery stores in Barbados and other islands as people rushed to prepare for a storm that quickly intensified from a tropical storm with 35 mph winds on Friday to a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday.

“We need to prepare. You and I know that when things like this happen, it’s best to plan for the worst and pray for the best,” Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley said in a public address late Friday.

She noted that thousands of people were in Barbados on Saturday to attend Twenty20 Cricket World Cup FinalThe major international cricket tournament, which will be held in the capital, Bridgetown, begins today, Saturday, with India defeating South Africa. This tournament is considered the biggest event in cricket.

Meanwhile, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said in a public address on Saturday that shelters would open on Sunday evening, urging people to prepare. He ordered officials to refuel government vehicles and asked grocery stores and gas stations to stay open until later before the storm.

“There will be a huge rush… if you stick to limited hours,” he said, apologising in advance for the interruption of state radio stations broadcasting storm updates. “Cricket fans will have to bear that we will have to provide information… This is a matter of life and death,” he added.

According to the National Hurricane Center, the first hurricane of the season typically forms in early to mid-August, making Beryl unusual in reaching hurricane strength. a report The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which issued its forecast last month, predicted an “above-average” hurricane season with 17 to 25 named storms, 8 to 13 hurricanes and 4 to 7 major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher. The average Atlantic hurricane season produces 14 named storms, seven of which are hurricanes and three of which are major hurricanes.

A tropical storm is a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph, while a tropical cyclone is a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph. And he knows As a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds exceeding 74 mph.