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Evening Standard
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Miriam Burrell

Hurricane Beryl 'leaves almost whole island homeless' as it churns towards Jamaica

Hurricane Beryl destroyed “90 per cent” of homes on Union Island as it roared through the southeast Caribbean, killing at least six people, with Jamaica next in its path.

Prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, said that most homes on Union Island were destroyed, and that "similar levels of devastation" were expected on the islands of Myreau and Canouan.

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