Overview
Hurricane Beryl roared ashore as a Category 4 storm on the island nation of Grenada July 2, packing 240 km per hour winds and dangerous storm surge. The island communities of Grenada’s Carriacou Island were decimated and left under water. Many homes were destroyed and thousands of people are without electricity. At least two people were killed on Carriacou. The island nation of Barbados was also impacted by the onslaught of devastating winds.
By late Tuesday, the storm had strengthened to a Category 5, with winds reaching 280km per hour at it impacted the central Caribbean, targeting Jamaica and southern Hispaniola, the island shared by Dominican Republic and Haiti.
As the hurricane continued its deadly and destructive path through the Caribbean, Samaritan’s Purse worked with local church partners to determine in needs as we prepared for deployment to the region.
The Samaritan’s Purse has deployed two DC-8 aircrafts with 48 team members of our Disaster Assistance Response Team to the devastated region. The first deployment contained 22,000kg of life-saving relief equipment including tarps, solar flashlights and USB chargers. The second aircraft contained an emergency field hospital along with medical staff.
