Hurricane Beryl strengthens into a Category 4 storm

11:47 a.m. Update:

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane hunters have been sampling Hurricane Beryl.

Beryl is now a Category 4 storm with maximum winds of 130mph.

This means a very dangerous storm will be approaching the Windward islands. They’ll start to feel hurricane impacts starting tomorrow morning.

Hurricane Beryl is now a Category 3 storm with winds of 115mph.

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It is expected to continue to strengthen as it moves west, getting closer to the Windward islands.

Barbados, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Grenada, and Tobago all have Hurricane warnings in place.

Rapid intensification will continue to occur and we will most likely see Beryl become a category 4 storm late tonight or early Monday.

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Devastating wind damage can be expected where the eye wall crosses the Windward islands.

In addition, Channel 9 is watching two other areas of disorganized showers and storms that could slowly develop this upcoming week.

Invest 94L has crossed over the Yucatan and emerged into the SW Gulf of Mexico.

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A brief tropical depression is possible before it moves onto the Mexican coastline.

Regardless of development, heavy rain and flash flooding is possible for parts of Mexico and Central America.

The last area Channel 9 is monitoring is the furthest away, more than 2,000 miles away from the Caribbean.

Meteorologist Kassandra Crimi said she doesn’t expect much development out of this over the weekend, but by midweek we could see another Tropical Depression form.

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