Deadly Hurricane Beryl brings storm surge, flash flooding to Jamaica as Category 4 storm

Jamaica is bracing for a near-direct strike from Category 4 Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday, after the record-breaking storm left multiple people dead on islands in the eastern Caribbean.

The Cayman Islands and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula are in Beryl’s path later in the week, and the southern Gulf coast of Texas, including Corpus Christi, was in Beryl’s forecast cone of uncertainty for late in the weekend.

Hurricane Beryl could bring life-threatening storm surge from six to nine feet...