Hurricane Beryl shifts course, slows down near Barbados

Barbados remains under a hurricane warning as Hurricane Beryl approaches, now slightly altering its path.

As of 5 p.m. today, the storm’s eye was positioned at 11.1N 56.5W, approximately 250 miles (400 km) east-southeast of the island.

Beryl has shifted to a west-north-westward trajectory and slowed down to 18 mph (30 km/h), with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h). The minimum central pressure is steady at 960 mb. Hurricane-force winds extend 30 miles (45 km) from the centre...