Hurricane Beryl kills at least six shortly after landfall in Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl , currently a category 4 storm, has taken at least six lives so far as it exits the Caribbean and makes it way toward Jamaica.

A hurricane warning has been raised for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Cayman Brac and for Haiti's entire southern coast. Forecasters said Beryl was expected to lose some of its power along the way but will still be a destructive force once it reaches Jamaica early Wednesday. Thursday, the storm will arrive near the Cayman Islands and into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Friday, as per the National Hurricane Center .

Three people were found dead in Grenada and Carriacou and while one corpse was recovered in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, according to officials. Two more bodies turned up in northern Venezuela, where a total of five people have gone missing.

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One death in Grenada when a massive tree collapsed on a house, according to Kerryne James, minister of climate resilience, environment and renewable energy. The storm, Kerryne said, leveled a number of houses in the area, making food, water and baby formula very scarce. Beryl became the earliest storm to grow into a dangerous category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic, which was due to the warm waters. However, the storm has since been downgraded to Category 5.

Jamaica residents were warned of life-threatening winds and floods, the NHC said. Those in flood-prone areas were greatly advised to prepare for evacuation. “I am encouraging all Jamaicans to take the hurricane as a serious threat,” Prime Minister Andrew Holness said in a public address late Monday. “It is, however, not a time to panic.”

Officials tracked Beryl Tuesday afternoon about 175 miles southeast of Isla Beata in the Dominican Republic. Top winds were recorded at 155 mph and was moving west-northwest at 22 mph. Jamaica seems to be in the direct path of the storm, according to Miami NHC Director Micheal Brennan.

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“We are most concerned about Jamaica, where we are expecting the core of a major hurricane to pass near or over the island,” he said in an online briefing. “You want to be in a safe place where you can ride out the storm by nightfall (Tuesday). Be prepared to stay in that location through Wednesday.”

Forecasters also predicted a surge of 5-8 feet above normal tide levels and heavy rainfall in the area. “This is a big hazard in the Caribbean, especially with the mountainous islands,” Brennan said. “This could cause life threatening flash floods and mudslides in some of these areas.”