WFP Prepares for Devastation as Hurricane Beryl Hits Caribbean

Climate Crisis: WFP Ready for Devastation as Hurricane Beryl Wreaks Havoc in the Caribbean

Across the Caribbean, World Food Programme WFP teams are assessing the destruction left by Hurricane Beryl after its powerful impact on Jamca Wednesday afternoon. The unprecedented start of the 2024 hurricane season saw Beryl causing havoc since Monday across Barbados, Grenada and Snt Vincent and the Grenadines.

On Union Island, one of the southernmost islands of Snt Vincent and the Grenadines, WFP staff encountered scenes of utter devastation with homes bearing scars from the hurricane's force. Roofs were stripped bare, walls left exposed to the elements while trees lay scattered across roads and fields uprooted by intense winds and rnfall.

Power poles bent under the weight of darkness in streets devoid of electricity as rns continued for days after the passage of Beryl’s eye. WFP joined state officials aboard a ferry delivering government food and non-food d supplies to those affected.

Jolene Alexandre, a local resident, shared her experience, Beryl was truly terrifying, recounting how when the roof of their house came off, she had instructed her children to take shelter under beds or tables while she struggled to hold doors closed agnst relentless winds. This is the first time Union Island residents have experienced such devastation, she added.

Dana Sacchetti, head of WFP’s satellite office in Kingston, observed a hurricane that wouldn’t let up on Jamca for several hours. “Shelters are overflowing across the island and almost half a million people are without power,” he sd. WFP is supporting efforts with ongoing support to Caribbean governments, disaster offices, CDEMA Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency and neighboring countries in preparing emergency food kits that will be distributed.

In Barbados, WFP is assisting the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency CDEMA, local disaster management offices, and government with preparations for urgent relief including the digital surveying of hurricane-hit communities to assess itarian needs.

Beryl's strength has sparked fears of more destruction to come. Through WFP’s ongoing support, Caribbean governments have collaborated in deploying trned emergency responders across affected countries as well as neighboring ones to ensure a coordinated regional response.

Find out how WFP is responding and investing in anticipation agnst future threats here.

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