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Title: Hurricane Beryl paves a path of destruction across the Caribbean
Duration: 3:16
Platform: YouTube
User: @CBCTheNational
Publication date: July 2, 2024
Segment: Weather, Hurricane, Storm...
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Audio: Yes
Transcription
>> 0:01 - Bearing the brunt of an unprecedented storm
>> 0:06 - Parts of the southeast Caribbean
>> 0:08 - Now grappling with widespread devastation
>> 0:14 - With communication in some areas difficult
>> 0:17 - Anxiety for loved ones
>> 0:18 - Caught in the hurricane
>> 0:20 - He was scared
>> 0:21 - Um he was worried what the right thing to do was
>> 0:24 - Canadian Emily Edwards is still waiting to hear from her husband
>> 0:28 - Who was on the island of Karacu when took a direct hit
>> 0:32 - She's now trying to stay positive
>> 0:34 - He's a retired Canadian forces veteran
>> 0:38 - Um so
>> 0:39 - As worried as I am right now
>> 0:42 - Uh by the fact that I haven't spoken to him since this happened
>> 0:46 - Um I have full faith that he's doing what he has to do right now
>> 0:51 - So far
>> 0:52 - Reports out of the region hit are
>> 0:54 - Devastating
>> 0:55 - The reports that I have received
>> 0:57 - Indicate that 90%
>> 0:58 - Of the es have been severely damaged
>> 1:04 - Or destroyed
>> 1:07 - And with Beryl headed towards Jamaica
>> 1:10 - Residents are preparing
>> 1:11 - Aware of how dangerous a powerful hurricane like this can be
>> 1:15 - Yeah and it develops so quick
>> 1:17 - From a tropical depression
>> 1:19 - So fast
>> 1:20 - And first time
>> 1:22 - To develop you know
>> 1:23 - June July
>> 1:26 - Pleople are already stockpiling what they can
>> 1:30 - As the the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says
>> 1:33 - Life-threatening winds and storm surges are expected into Wednesday
>> 1:37 - This is an early an intense start to the hurricane season
>> 1:41 - In May Noah projected 17 a 25 tropical storms
>> 1:46 - The most they have ever forecasted
>> 1:48 - And 8 t 13 hurricanes
>> 1:51 - A consequence of record high ocean temperatures in the region
>> 1:54 - We know that temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean are about a degree and a half
>> 1:58 - Uh warmer celsius warmer than they would have been say 100 years ago when human caused climate change wasn't a factor
>> 2:06 - Last year was the warmest year on record for the planet and our oceans
>> 2:10 - It's those warm Waters that act as fuel for hurricanes
>> 2:13 - And can help them intensify rapidly
>> 2:15 - As was the case with hurricane Beryl
>> 2:18 - These warm sea surface temperatures that are being driven in part by human caused climate change
>> 2:22 - Allow these storms to have a lot of growth potential a lot of ability to spin faster and faster
>> 2:31 - The Atlantic hurricane season only began a month ago
>> 2:33 - And forecasters are concerned about what the next 3 months of the season
>> 2:37 - Will have in store
>> 2:40 - Nicole we saw this storm intensify quickly
>> 2:43 - Is this something we can expect more of
>> 2:45 - Yeah um climate scientists are actually really concerned about this which is called rapid intensification
>> 2:51 - We saw it uh last uh August in Florida
>> 2:55 - Hurricane Adalia went from a category 1
>> 2:57 - To a category 4 in 24 hours and then October
>> 3:01 - There was the catastrophic uh hurricane Otis that struck Mexico and that intensified from a category 1 to a category 5 in 24 hours
>> 3:08 - So warmer ocean waters climate change there is concern that this is going to happen more often
>> 3:13 - Scary stuff Nicole Morero thank you
>> 3:15 - Thanks.