Here Is the Path Hurricane Beryl Is Expected to Take

H urricane Beryl has broken records to become the earliest ever hurricane to reach Category 5 strength in the Atlantic Ocean.

The “ potentially catastrophic ” storm is charging toward Jamaica with maximum sustained winds of 165 miles per hour, bringing heavy winds and rainfall in tow. The hurricane reached Grenada’s Carriacou Island on Monday morning where it brought winds of 150 mph.

Beryl has already triggered power outages and floods on other Caribbean islands, such as Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands, Tobago, and Grenada on Monday as well. “In half an hour, Carriacou was flattened,” Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said on Monday.

At least one person has died on St. Vincent and the Grenadines, according to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves.

The hurricane is expected to continue westward over the course of the next four to five days, where it will likely pass through Jamaica on Wednesday before reaching the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico on Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti are also expected to feel the impact of the storm, though they will be further from the eye than other islands.

The National Hurricane Center has warned that the storm is “extremely dangerous.”

On Sunday, Hurricane Beryl was recorded as the only Category 4 storm in the month of June, causing an exceptionally aggressive start to the Atlantic hurricane season this year, which usually peaks between the months of August and October.

Write to Armani Syed at armani.syed@time.com .