The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season has produced two short-lived, unspectacular named storms: Andrea and Barry. One year ago today couldn’t have been more different.
Just after 11 a.m. EDT on July 1, 2024, Hurricane Beryl made landfall over the Grenadian island of Carriacou with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph. The stunning satellite image below shows the island completely contained within Beryl’s eye for a time.
Despite catastrophic damage in the northern Grenadian islands and parts of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, only 11 deaths were directly attributed to the storm in those countries, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Beryl then raked through the Grenadian island of Carriacou with 150 mph winds and became the record earliest in season Category 5 Atlantic Basin hurricane on July 1.
Two weeks after the NHC issued its first June 25 outlook, Beryl lashed the Texas coast, including the Houston metro, on July 8.
Little did we all know Beryl would be so destructive and historic that its name would be one of four names retired from future use following the 2024 hurricane season.
(MORE: Beryl Full Recap)
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