Beryl, the first major storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, has the Caribbean's Windward Islands in her sights

She is the most quickly organised Category 4 hurricane on record

Originally published on Global Voices

ABI imagery of Hurricane Beryl from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite, June 28, 2024 via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

Every year, from the beginning of June to the end of November, the Caribbean is on tenterhooks as the Atlantic hurricane season unfolds. The region, after all, has suffered devastating storms, which seem to have become more frequent and more intense as the climate crisis continues.