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Hurricane Beryl could hit parts of the Caribbean

First Atlantic hurricane of 2018 is here: Beryl whips up 80mph winds over the ocean and has Puerto Rico in its sight as island struggles to rebuilds from last year's storms

• Hurricane Beryl is located over 1,000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles islands
• Beryl has become first hurricane of 2018 after generating winds north of 75mph
• The hurricane gained strength Friday morning and was a Category 1 storm
• It is expected to hit the eastern Caribbean, threatening islands still trying to recover from last year's storms
• It is also eyeing up Puerto Rico but is currently due to pass it to the south but dump heavy rain on the area 

By Connor Boyd For Mailonline and Associated Press

Published: 11:01 BST, 6 July 2018 | Updated: 18:28 BST, 6 July 2018

The first Atlantic hurricane of 2018, Beryl, is expected to hit the eastern Caribbean, threatening islands still trying to recover from last year's storms, forecasters said Friday.

The hurricane gained strength Friday morning and was a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of nearly 80mph (130kph), according to the National Hurricane Center. It is expected to pass near Dominica and the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique late Sunday or Monday.

Beryl is forecast to remain a hurricane as it passes south of Puerto Rico and not dissipate until it is located south of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Forecasters said the storm is expected to dump heavy rain across islands including Dominica and Puerto Rico, which could also be hit with winds of more than to 40 mph (64kph) and flooding.

The Met Office acknowledged Beryl as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Twitter

'People have to remain alert,' Gabriel Lojero, a forecaster for the National Weather Service in San Juan, told The Associated Press. 'The forecast could change for the better or worse.'

Dominica was hit by Hurricane Maria last year as a Category 5 storm and hasn't fully recovered. Neither has Puerto Rico, where some 60,000 people still have a tarp as a roof and more than 1,000 customers remain without power more than nine months after the storm.

Hurricane Beryl could reach the Lesser Antilles islands over the weekend and cause gusty winds

Many worry Beryl will cause power outages across Puerto Rico given the fragility of the U.S. territory's electrical grid after Maria destroyed up to 75 percent of its distribution lines. Lojero also warned that the storm is expected to dump up to four inches (10 centimeters) of rain and could unleash landslides.

'Maria caused a lot of changes in vegetation,' Lojero said. 'The island is vulnerable.'

Officials said they will open 424 shelters across Puerto Rico as a preventive measure and urged people to monitor the storm's progress.

Beryl is the first hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. It was located 1,045 miles (1,685 kilometers) east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles on Friday morning and was moving west at 15 mph (24 kph).   

The National Hurricane Center said the hurricane's impact to land would be minimal

Forecasters predict Storm Beryl will degenerate into a tropical wave before reaching the Caribbean

Beryl is the second named storm of the 2018 hurricane season. 

Subtropical Storm Alberto became the first named storm of the 2018 season. It formed in May, just before the June 1 start of hurricane season. 

It dumped heavy rain on the southeastern United States.         

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