Dominica, a former British colony where Maria left more than 30 people dead last September, was the only area where hurricane conditions were possible so far as Hurricane Beryl moved west, said the United States National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The center added that the French tourist islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe and St Barthelemy, as well as French-Dutch St Martin, were under tropical storm watch, meaning that tropical storm conditions were possible.
The islands suffered billions of dollars' worth of damage and some fatalities when hurricanes Irma and Maria struck last year.
At 0000 GMT on Saturday, Beryl, a Category One hurricane, packed winds of 80 miles per hour (130 kilometers per hour) and was pushing westward at 15 miles per hour, about 925 miles east-southeast of the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles island chain, the NHC said.
"Some strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days, and Beryl could still be a hurricane when it reaches the Lesser Antilles late Sunday or Monday," the agency said.
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes. |
