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Columbus, OH

CBS News

Hurricane Beryl was tearing through the Caribbean on Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm Tuesday. After destroying homes and businesses across the southeastern Caribbean on Monday, it is now forecast to bring life-threatening winds and storm surge to Jamaica.Beryl was forecast to start losing intensity on Tuesday but still be near major hurricane strength when it passes near or over Jamaica early Wednesday, near the Cayman Islands on Thursday and into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Friday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center."Weakening is forecast later today, but Beryl is still expected to be near major hurricane intensity as it moves into...

Hurricane Beryl, a Category 4 storm, forecast to lash Jamaica

Hurricane Warning flags were flying in Jamaica on Tuesday as Category 5 Hurricane Beryl hurtled toward the island. Beryl blasted through the Windward Islands on Monday as a Category 4 storm with 150 mph winds, killing seven and causing severe damage. On Monday night and Tuesday morning, Beryl peaked as a Category 5 storm with 165 mph winds, making it the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record in July (old record: 160 mph on July 17, 2005, Hurricane Emily, the only other July Cat 5 on record). The prior record for earliest Atlantic hurricane with 165 mph winds was August 5, 1980 (Hurricane Allen).

Jamaica prepares for record-breaking Hurricane Beryl

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Hurricane Beryl strengthens on way to Jamaica, threatens catastrophe

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

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Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

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Fox Weather

Deadly Hurricane Beryl slowly weakened to a Category 4 hurricane with winds of on Tuesday afternoon as the historic storm continues to spin across the Caribbean Sea with Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in its crosshairs.

Hurricane Beryl to bring life-threatening winds, storm surge to Jamaica after slamming Windward Islands

AccuWeather

Hurricane Beryl continues to strengthen as it charges toward the Caribbean, becoming the first hurricane of the 2024 season. AccuWeather meteorologists warn it could intensify into a major hurricane by the start of the week. Hurricane Beryl is gaining strength as it charges toward the Caribbean where it is predicted...

Hurricane Beryl rapidly intensifying as it races toward Caribbean

New Jersey State

Morris County, NJ

Mendham, NJ

The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit received recognition from the New Jersey Homicide Investigators Association (NJHIA) for their outstanding work on the Baby Mary cold case. The award was presented at the 29th Annual Advanced Homicide Conference at Princeton University on June 13, 2024.

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CBS Miami

Beryl became a hurricane on Saturday as it churned toward the southeast Caribbean, with forecasters warning it was expected to strengthen into a "dangerous major hurricane" before reaching Barbados and the Windward Islands late Sunday or early Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.A major hurricane is considered a Category 3 or higher, with winds of at least 111 mph. At the moment, Beryl is a Category 1 hurricane.On Saturday night, Beryl was located about 595 miles southeast of Barbados, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, per the hurricane center. It was moving west at 20 mph.  "Rapid strengthening...

Beryl strengthens into hurricane in the Atlantic as it bears down on Caribbean

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Saildrone Inc. said its uncrewed surface vehicle captured waves heights of 25 feet over 100 miles south of Puerto Rico. Hurricane Beryl was a Category 5 at the time, the strongest any storm had been in June.

Saildrone captures video of Hurricane Beryl’s fury in Caribbean

The Mirror US

Beryl grew into a hurricane Saturday as it churned toward the southeastern Caribbean, with forecasters warning it was expected to strengthen into a dangerous major storm before reaching Barbados late Sunday or early Monday.

Record breaking Hurricane Beryl barrels towards the Caribbean with warnings it could become dangerous major storm

Georgia State

Coffee County, GA

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 49-year-old woman from Douglas was recently arrested for allegedly submitting a life insurance policy for her ex-husband without his knowledge. According to a Coffee County Sheriff’s Office incident report, detectives met with a man on May 7 at the Coffee County Law Enforcement Center concerning a reported case of insurance fraud.

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Axios

The historic Hurricane Beryl has killed at least six people and is leaving a trail of destruction across the Caribbean as the now-Category 4 storm barrels toward Jamaica, officials say. The big picture: Its early formation, rapid intensification and location have broken records and on Monday it became the earliest-ever...

Deadly Hurricane Beryl devastates Caribbean as it barrels toward Jamaica

The Guardian

Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines calls Cop ‘largely a talk shop’ and beseeches west to honor commitments

Hurricane Beryl: Caribbean leader calls out rich countries for climate failures as ‘horrendous’ storm makes landfall

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Carriacou Island, Grenada, before making its way to Barbados, leaving a trail of destruction behind.

See the devastation left by Hurricane Beryl in Barbados and Grenada

Beryl is the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph with stronger gusts, according to a 5 p.m. EST update from the National Hurricane Center.

Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, is rapidly approaching the Caribbean

NEWARK, N.J. – Naiem Moore, 34, of Newark, admitted to possessing cocaine and heroin for distribution and illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Moore entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark federal court.

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Woodbridge, VA

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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Authorities are actively searching for Quamel Thomson, a 26-year-old man from Woodbridge, who is accused of assaulting a woman and preventing her from leaving an apartment in the Longview Apartments complex on Lynn Street.

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The Daily Sun

A man covers the windows of a building to protect it from the incoming Hurricane Beryl in Kingston, Jamaica, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)

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