Hurricane Beryl Expected To Slam Caribbean As Category 4 Storm

(Miami, FL) -- Hurricane Beryl is racing toward the Caribbean as a Category 4 hurricane.

The National Hurricane Center calls Beryl an "extremely dangerous" hurricane with sustained winds of 130 miles-an-hour. It's eye of the storm is now about 300 miles east-southeast of Barbados.

Hurricane warnings are posted for Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines with life-threatening winds and storm surge expected to hit the Windward islands by early Monday morning.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...

* Barbados

* St. Lucia

* St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands

* Grenada

* Tobago

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...

* Martinique

* Trinidad

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...

* Dominica

* South coast of Dominican Republic from Punta Palenque westward

to the border with Haiti

* South coast of Haiti from the border with the Dominican

Republic to Anse d'Hainault