GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has expressed gratitude to the President of Guyana, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali for providing relief supplies to his country following Hurricane Beryl.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaican government says its tropical cyclone policy with the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has triggered a payment following the passage of Hurricane Beryl last week.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew, says hurricane Beryl, the earliest Category 5 storm ever to form in the Atlantic, is a stark reminder of the existential threat of climate change, particularly to small island states.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Seismic Research Centre of the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI-SRC) says Dominica’s Boiling Lake is “ slowly refilling and the water temperature have ranged between 70° and 80° Celsius”.

UNITED NATIONS – A senior United Nations official has said that the island of Carriacou that is part of the tri-island nation of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique has been virtually “flattened” by the devastating Hurricane Beryl. 

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell Tuesday said at least three people were killed and “possibly more,” after Hurricane Beryl battered Grenada and its sister islands on Monday with winds in excess of 140 miles per hour (mph).

GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance facility (CCRIF) says it will pay US$44 million to Grenada as a result of the damage and destruction caused by the passage of Hurricane Beryl last Monday. It will be the single largest payout by CCRIF, a segregated portfolio company, owned, operated, and registered in the Caribbean.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada –  The government of Grenada has declared the northern parish of  St Patrick and the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique as disaster zones for three months covering the period July 01 to September 30.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Hurricane Beryl caused widespread damage in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Monday, damaging buildings, including at least one that was being used as an emergency shelter and blowing away roofs as it moved across the country.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) say small island developing states (SIDS) are negligible contributors to global warming, yet are amongst the most affected by climate change.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has warned nationals to be prepared for increased cost of living as a result of the impact of climate change, noting that property insurance rates have gone up in recent years.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad And Tobago Government Sunday Said It Is Providing Safe Passage For Marine Vessels, Including Yachts And Other Pleasure Crafts As Hurricane Beryl Is Expected To Affect Several Caribbean Countries In The Coming Days.