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Hurricane Beryl a Stark Warning of Things to Come as Our Planet Heats Up

When Hurricane Beryl hit the Grenadine Islands on July 1, its 150 mph winds and awesome storm surge made it the earliest category 5 storm (the most destructive grade on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale) the tropical Atlantic has seen.

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