What you need to know about Hurricane Beryl
- Beryl is now a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph.
- The storm is expected to bring "life-threatening" winds and storm surge to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands over the next two days.
- The center of Beryl will move rapidly across the central Caribbean Sea Tuesday night and is forecast to pass near or over Jamaica on Wednesday.
- Today's data still shows it staying south of Florida.
A low-pressure system more than 1,000 miles east-southeast of the Windward Islands became the second tropical depression of the Atlantic Hurricane season Friday afternoon.
On Tuesday at 8 p.m., the system, now a Category 4 hurricane, is moving west-northwest at 22 miles per hour across the central Caribbean.
ABC Action News meteorologist Jason Adams said Beryl became the earliest Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic Basin in recorded history on Monday.
According to ABC Action News meteorologist Greg Dee, the island of Grenada is likely to see the biggest impacts from the storm.
A hurricane warning is in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Little Cayman and Cayman Brac.
A hurricane watch is in effect for the south coast of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Anse d'Hainault and the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula from Chetumal to Cabo Catoche.
A tropical storm warning is in effect for the south coast of the Dominican Republic from Punta Palenque westward to the border with Haiti and the south coast of Haiti from the border with the Dominican Republic to Anse d'Hainault.
A tropical storm watch is in effect for the coast of Belize from south of Chetumal to Belize City.
The ABC Action News weather team is tracking tropical developments in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Watch the video for the latest Tracking the Tropics update.
Tracking the Tropics
Nov. 29