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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Natricia Duncan, Caribbean correspondent

Hurricane Beryl: Caribbean leader calls out rich countries for climate failures as ‘horrendous’ storm makes landfall

waves crash into a pier
Waves crash into a pier after Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 1 July 2024. Photograph: Andrea De Silva/Reuters

The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has decried a lack of political will in western Europe and the US to tackle the global climate crisis as Hurricane Beryl has made landfall as an “extremely dangerous” category 4 storm.

Speaking from his residence in SVG on Monday, Ralph Gonsalves described the unfolding catastrophe as the “monster” storm ripped off rooftops, including that of the 204-year-old St George’s Anglican cathedral in the country’s capital, Kingstown.

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