Hurricane Beryl is battering the Caribbean and now targeting Mexico with devastating winds of over 200 km/h and heavy rain.

The number of dead of the powerful Category 4 Hurricane The number has risen to at least nine, but is expected to rise as internet connections are restored across the affected islands. Floods And the deadly winds.

But how can this happen? Role Climate changeOne factor that contributes to the formation of beryl at this time of year is Surface temperature From the sea +1.5°C Above average due to the ongoing global warming phenomenon (very high temperature values ​​for several months now). Usually, a temperature of +29°C is recorded in September, after the long and hot summer months, but climate change is now distorting these dynamics with increasingly devastating effects around the world.

Specifically, abnormal ocean temperatures and ocean heat content have led to beryl to one Rapid intensification up to Category 5 (highest and most destructive).
According to the latest report from National Hurricane Center (NHC), She was demoted from Class 5, twenty to above. 255 km/hCategory 4, always “extremely dangerous” and with Wind to the end 210 km/hbut with a tendency to gradually lose power. When it reaches the coast of Jamaica, it should remain within Category 4, if not 3, and then continue its journey, according to the National Meteorological Center estimates, in a west-northwest direction, towards the coast of Yucatan, in MexicoThe map below shows. a path Forecast for this massive hurricane.

Meanwhile, the storm continues to break all records (the first Category 4 hurricane ever recorded in June and The closest Category 5 hurricane ever observed) An exceptionally early start to the hurricane season.