The Latest Breaking News from Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl laid waste to communities – even whole islands – as it barrelled through the Caribbean over the past week. Never has such a powerful Atlantic hurricane arrived this early in the year: the ocean is usually too cool.

Hurricane Beryl has been barreling through the Atlantic for over a week, fueled by exceptionally warm waters to become the earliest Category 5 hurricane.

Beryl strengthened and once again became a hurricane as it heads toward southern Texas, where its outer bands lashed the coast with rain and intensifying winds as residents prepared for the powerful storm that has already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Beryl is targeting the Gulf Coast of Texas after dealing a destructive blow to several islands in the Caribbean and the resort coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Beryl caused at least 11 deaths as it passed through the Caribbean islands earlier this week.

Earliest category 5 hurricane on record is 495 miles south-east of Corpus Christi, with winds near 60mph

Storm is expected to again reach hurricane strength over Gulf of Mexico after killing at least 11 across the Caribbean.

New UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, adds to support of individuals raising funds for disaster-hit islands

The minister for the two islands in Grenada that Hurricane Beryl first slammed into with catastrophic winds had a simple message for U_N_ and other humanitarian officials who asked what was needed: “Anything that would allow a human being to survive.”

The now category two storm left a deadly trail of destruction across the Caribbean