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Hurricane Beryl unleashed powerful winds over the Eastern Caribbean, downing power lines and ripping roofs from buildings, as scientists argue that climate change likely added to how quickly the unusually fierce, early storm formed.
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Hurricane Beryl is an unusually strong storm for this time of year and it gained strength unusually fast. That's in part because of record high ocean temperatures driven by climate change.
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The earliest recorded Category 4 hurricane to hit the Atlantic Ocean is battering the Southeastern Caribbean, producing catastrophic winds and life-threatening storm surge.
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Many in the path of Hurricane Beryl prepare for the worst as the strongest storm on record this early in the season hits the Caribbean.
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"Beryl is the strongest Caribbean hurricane ever recorded this early in the season," an extreme storm chaser said.
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