Travel warnings issued for popular destinations after hurricane alert

The Foreign Office has issued a hurricane warning that could pose a serious threat to life at popular Caribbean destinations. Its website highlights the risk posed by trips to St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda.

Travel advice from the government body has been issued as a hurricane is set to batter the islands, with a warning that people could be evacuated. The hurricane’s centre is expected to pass roughly 26 miles south of Barbados, according to Sabu Best, the director of the island’s meteorological department.

The officials said: “Weather projections forecast a major hurricane to hit the region possibly as early as Sunday June 30 and into the following week. You should follow and monitor local and international weather updates from the US National Hurricane Center and follow the advice of local authorities, including any evacuation orders. See Extreme weather and natural disasters. The hurricane season runs from June to November. You should follow and monitor local and international weather updates from the US National Hurricane Center and follow the advice of local authorities, including any evacuation orders.”

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Florida-based expert on hurricanes, Michael Lowry, wrote on X: “It’s astonishing to see a forecast for a major (Category 3+) hurricane in June anywhere in the Atlantic, let alone this far east in the deep tropics. #Beryl organising in a hurry over the warmest waters ever recorded for late June.”