00:00Thank you very much and good evening, Irvashi. You know we are part of an
00:04incredibly rare event with this particular system. It took Beryl 42
00:10hours to go from a tropical depression to a major hurricane, something that has
00:15only been done about six times in history in the Atlantic Ocean. So let's
00:19bring this system into view for you so you can see what we're going through
00:24right now. And it is going to be a very serious event for us already seeing
00:30those feeder bands, those clouds moving in because currently Beryl is centered
00:34just under 400 miles east southeast of Tobago. It is moving west northwest over
00:39the open Atlantic Ocean and the threats are not just real, they are imminent. A
00:45reminder of the alerts this evening. A red level hurricane warning is in place
00:50for Tobago while the tropical storm watch is currently in effect for
00:53Trinidad at the orange level. If you are in Tobago, take prompt action to
00:58safeguard your property, life and means of livelihood. If you are preparing, it
01:03should be completed at this time because the Met Service advises that there is
01:08going to be a slow decline in the weather which has already started with
01:11which will bring bouts of rain and strong gusts above 70 kilometers per
01:16hour. There is a strong probability of dangerous seas with big pounding waves
01:21endangering small boats as well as activity along the shoreline and
01:24offshore. So seas churning and strong currents will make navigation dangerous
01:29in Tobago. If you are in Trinidad, we are under an orange alert. So wind gusts
01:34faster than 55 kilometers per hour could be felt ahead of Beryl starting this
01:40evening, particularly in the northern and eastern areas. According to the Met
01:43Service near midnight, stronger thunderstorms and more rainfall are
01:48predicted. As Beryl now tracks west, more islands are on alert. And if we
01:53take a look at what's going on here with these islands, we have now seen an
01:57inclusion of the Dominican Republic and Haiti on its southern coast. And we also
02:03have those warnings in effect and the tropical storm warnings in effect as
02:07well for the islands. The hurricane warnings. These are happening right now.
02:10So no good news on this end as another area will likely develop to the east of
02:15Beryl that is now being monitored. A tropical rainstorm 96 l while currently
02:20not expected to reach the high intensity that Beryl has, it will still
02:24hamper recovery to areas that experience a major hurricane strike
02:28from Beryl and leads to even more damaging damage to infrastructure
02:32rather that has been weakened or compromised by Beryl. So we will
02:35continue to monitor these areas for you into the overnight forecast and through
02:39midweek as we monitor that second area of interest. But that said, that's what
02:44we have for you right now. Again, preparations need to be finalized at
02:47this time. Overshares would move for both islands.
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