residents have been starting up on supplies in the capital kingston. the windows have many homes and businesses have been pulled it up and not dissipation of the storm. jamaica's prime minister angel homeless, is urging citizens to take shelter. if you live in a low lying area in the area, it's hard to call the proteins the loading on line side. or if you live on the binds of a river or a buddy, i implore you to be evacuated to a show top or to see if i grow. well, milton wilker is the head of news with the audio aglena communications group. he says, jamaica is bracing for heavy damage. you're expected to be very dangerous. it's going to come very, very close. i'm in terms of a high over jamaica. and we are expecting, you know, to have significant impact from the storm in terms of wind damage. the heavy rains floods the damage to the coastline and so on. and that's why today and from yesterday, the island has been preparing for the arrival of barrels. fishes who have been on the page of keys. these are some keys off the southern coast of the island. mo

burial to make land full later on wednesday, residents have been starting up on supplies in the capital kingston. the windows have many homes and businesses have been voted up and not just a patient of a storm. jamaica's prime minister under homeless is urging some citizens to take shelter. if you live in a low lying area and the area, it's hard to call the pool and the loading on line side. or if you live on the binds of a river or a buddy, i implore you to evacuated to a show top or to see if i grow. will that still to milton will come? he's the head of news with the audrey on glean communications group. he joins us live from kingston in jamaica. move in, good job. you with us. so we've seen the hurricane barrel, depth of state pots, city of the southeast, kind of being already just focused through quickly your understanding of just how powerful and dangerous barrow is expected to be when it hits jamaica later on wednesday. and indeed, we expect it to be very dangerous. it's gonna come very hard just in terms of a high over jamaica. and we are expecting, you know, to have significant impact fr

nick davis has just sent this report from the jamaican capital, kingston.ng for a hurricane is a slow build, but when it arrives, the wind, the rain, the sheer destructive power of these powerful storms is something nobody wants to go through. rain has flooded roads and damaged critical infrastructure as winds approaching 150 miles an hour tore into the island, but it's people's homes that have taken the brunt of the damage. the prime minister explained the gravity of the situation facing his nation. jamaica must take this hurricane seriously. i am now declaring the whole of jamaica to be a disaster area. people injamaica have been watching its deadly and destructive progress across the region over the last few days, and today was their turn to face a storm that's now on record as the earliest ever category five hurricane that's formed in the caribbean. these events normally occur later in the season when the oceans are warmer, but this year, beryl has been moving over waters two to three centigrade higher than normal. scientists are linking that to climate

nick davis has just sent this report from the jamaican capital, kingston.when it arrives, the wind, the rain, the sheer destructive power of these powerful storms is something nobody wants to go through. rain has flooded roads and damaged critical infrastructure as winds approaching 150 miles an hour tore into the island, but it's people's homes that have taken the brunt of the damage. the prime minister explained the gravity of the situation facing his nation. jamaica must take this hurricane seriously. i am now declaring the whole ofjamaica to be a disaster area. people injamaica have been watching its deadly and destructive progress across the region over the last few days, and today was their turn to face a storm that's now on record as the earliest ever category five hurricane that's formed in the caribbean. these events normally occur later in the season when the oceans are warmer, but this year, beryl has been moving over waters two to three centigrade higher than normal. scientists are linking that to climate change. we're getting reports already. s

people in the capital kingston is talking up on supplies windows in homes and businesses, a boarded up and the prime minister is urging citizens to take shelter. if you live in a low lying area in the area, it's hard to call the pool and the loading on line side. or if you live on the bias of a river or a building, i implore you to be evacuated to a show top or to see if i grow the for more than a week. now the east really military has been, bonded the issue j, a neighborhood of guys a city barrel. so the force of heavy fighting between these really forces in the wing of some us about assuming german this has documented the destruction into j. yeah, we are here just a few meters away from is on your neighborhood, right? you can see the live listings are making the neighborhoods. the neighborhood is subject to extensive their strikes from this early morning, cause where he ground forces, interview number one for multiple directions, forcing civilians to displace in situations with me of diet. families still travel to your neighborhood with this denise. this is as good as we can get in t

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residents starting up on supplies and the capital kingston, windows and homes and businesses are being booted up on jamaica's prime minister as urgent citizens to take shelter. if you live in a low lying area in the area, it's hard to call the pool and the loading on line side. or if you live on the bias of a river or a building, i implore you to be evacuated to a shelter or to see if i grow the does, the city is georgia, your neighborhood has been on the receiving end of relentless bombing bodies. randy ministry, the wherever thoughts of heavy fighting between his ready forces and the custom brigades upon has been in gentlest and gauze that has documented the destruction. interesting. yeah. we are here. just a few meters away from is on your neighborhood. as you can see, the loop listing government in the neighborhood neighborhood is subject to extensive air strikes from this early morning, cause where a ground forces intervene and never heard from multiple directions. forcing civilians to this place and situated with means dyer families, still travel in your neighborhood. this denise

on wednesday, residents have been stalking up on supplies in the capital kingston. the windows have many homes and businesses have been pulled it up and anticipation of the storm . jamaica's prime minister, angel homeless, is urging citizens to take shelter. if you live in a low lying area in the area, it's hard to call the proteins the loading on line side. or if you live on the bias of a river or a buddy, i implore you to be evacuated to a show top or to see if i grow. but i'm gonna is a climate scientist, a real on university. she says, warming ocean temperatures and atlantics causing storms to gain in strength, much quicker. or there's a lot of reason to be concerned when we look at an event like beryl, especially knowing that this is already forecast to be a very active hurricane season. and knowing from a climate perspective that our emissions have been warming the planet and making these kinds of really destructive events. more likely, i actually have done some research in the atlantics, specifically looking at how hurricanes intensify. and one of the things

earlier, our news correspondent nick davis sent us this report from the jamaican capital, kingston. a hurricane is a slow build, but when it arrives the wind, the rain issue destructive of these baltl storms is something nobody wants to go through. rain has flooded roads and damage critical infrastructure as windsor bridge in hundred 50 mph door into the island, but it is people's homes that have taken the brunt of the damage. the parameters explained the gravity of the situation facing his nation. gravity of the situation facing his nation-— gravity of the situation facing his nation. jamaica must take this hurricane _ his nation. jamaica must take this hurricane seriously. - his nation. jamaica must take this hurricane seriously. i - his nation. jamaica must take this hurricane seriously. i am| this hurricane seriously. i am now declaring the whole of jamaica to be a disaster area. people injamaica have been watching its deadly and destructive progress across the region over the last few days and today was their turn to face a storm that is now on record as the earliest ever categ

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and even within the first hours of the storm making landfall, streets in the capital kingston began toace, and the prime minister stressed that residents of at—risk communities should move to safer districts. we urge alljamaicans to comply with notices to evacuate if and when they are issued. the coming hours will revealjust how much damage beryl has wrought in jamaica. but other islands show the devastation it can cause. in carriacou, off the coast of grenada, entire communities have been left homeless, with buildings destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. in st vincent and the grenadines, union island was among the worst affected places in the caribbean, receiving the full brunt of beryl�*s power. beryl is an unprecedented storm. none have formed as quickly or have intensified as fast in atlantic hurricane history, and satellite pictures show it's not done yet. as the storm leaves jamaica's territory, it will move towards the mexican mainland. the tourist resort of cancun is directly in its path. just as people in grenada, in st vincent and the grenadines and injamaica had prayed for t

the capital, kingston, was spared extensive damage, but in some areas buildings were destroyed.how the devastation it can cause. in carriacou, off the coast of grenada, entire communities have been left homeless, with buildings destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. in st vincent and the grenadines, union island was among the worst affected places in the caribbean, receiving the full brunt of beryl�*s power. beryl is an unprecedented storm. none have formed as quickly or have intensified as fast in atlantic hurricane history, and satellite pictures show it's not done yet. as the storm leaves jamaica's territory, it will move towards the mexican mainland. the tourist resort of cancun is directly in its path. just as people in grenada, in st vincent and the grenadines and injamaica had prayed for the best as beryl drew near, now mexicans are crossing their fingers in the hope that this extraordinarily powerful storm begins to weaken before it reaches their communities, too. will grant, bbc news, mexico. here are the latest live pictures from georgetown in the cayman islands. as you

correspondent nick davies is in jamaica and you can see these are live pictures of the conditions in the capital kingston update. it's wet. it's definitely _ arrive us at this update. it's wet. it's definitely wet. _ arrive us at this update. it's wet. it's definitely wet. i _ arrive us at this update. it's wet. it's definitely wet. i apologise i arrive us at this update. it's wet. it's definitely wet. i apologise as| it's definitely wet. i apologise as it's definitely wet. i apologise as i was _ it's definitely wet. i apologise as i was trying to get to this as quickly as— i was trying to get to this as quickly as possible because it's really— quickly as possible because it's really picking up with the wind. we are getting reports already and social— are getting reports already and social media very active at the moment— social media very active at the moment people who were doing the emergency services sending pictures of areas _ emergency services sending pictures of areas already inundated. the area near the _ of areas already inundated. the area near the airport has pretty much heenm — near the airp

fierce a portion of this roof was blown off at the international airport in kingston, leaving a large, gaping hole. the capital of kingston sits on the coast, and the mayor was begging people to leave on buses ready to head inland. >> if it hit us directly, we are about preserving people's life. >> reporter: despite warnings to evacuate, some residents still hunkered down in their homes prepared for the storm. >> i have no control over what is coming, so i just have to pray that all -- all people of jamaica is safe. >> reporter: tom hanson, cbs news, montego bay, jamaica. >>> back here, a wildfire has forced more than 28,000 people from their homes in northern california as an exceptionally brutal heat wave ramps up. governor newsom declared a state of emergency as the thompson fire burns out of control about 70 miles north of sacramento. so far it's charred more than 3,500 acres and is only 7% contained. officials say multiple structures have been destroyed. there's a fireworks ban in the city of oroville, and the annual fourth of july fireworks show was canceled. >>> new york city is gearing up for the large

fierce, a portion of this roof was blown off at the international airport in kingston, leaving a large, gaping hole. the capitalston sits on the coast, and the mayor was begging people to leave on buses ready to head inland. >> even if it don't hit us directly, we are about preserving people's life. >> reporter: but despite warnings to evacuate, some residents still hunkered down in their homes, prepared for the storm. >> i have no control over what -- what is coming. so i just have to pray that all people of jamaica is safe. >> reporter: and adriana, this storm is far from over. you can see it behind me, lashing the coast. now the storm will make its way away from jamaica overnight, then it will set its sights on the cayman islands and the yucatan peninsula. that's where experts say it could lose some seam. adriana? >> adriana: tom hanson, stay safe. thanks to you and your crew for being there. for more on hurricane beryl's track, and when we could feel its effect here in the u.s., let's bring in cbs new york's lonnie quinn. good evening, lonnie. >> reporter: hey, good evening to you, adriana. look, we have no

the center of the storm passing less than 50 miles south of the capital of kingston. cleanup is now under way with the worst destruction in southern jamaica. devastated moments, torn roofs, and downed trees. the deadly hurricane now barreling toward the yucatan peninsula, a popular vacation spot on mexico's east coast. cbs' dave malkoff is there. >> reporter: beryl is heading toward the resort areas here, and while they are experts on providing food, water, and shelter to thousands, they can't necessarily do that in these glass-lined ocean-facing rooms here during an oncoming hurricane. they just handed us this note that says in parts "you will be relocated to our shelter and become our refugee." emergency response teams in south texas are distributing sandbags to residents. >> need some protection just in case. >> reporter: at the south padera island alligator sanctuary, 35 were rangle out of the water and taken inland. at the montego bay airport -- >> i want to go home. >> reporter: crowds are already lining up to get out. >> we've had a good start to -- interesting

out across much of the capital, kingston. center of the storm passed just south of jamaica this afternoon. at least six deaths have been attributed to it since it began its march through the caribbean earlier this week. new images reveal the extent of the devastation brought by the record-breaking hurricane beryl after the storm slammed into islands across the southeast caribbean on monday with heavy rain and ferocious winds. >> it is hard to think about it. i would not want my enemies to go through such a thing. amna: communities left with no water or power, boats tossed onto the shore and entire neighborhoods reduced to mangled heaps of metal. >> this is the strongest storm we have had come through amna: in my lifetime. marlin gibson lives in saint vincent much took a direct hit. >> were hoping for the mess and all around me, there were houses in the village whose roofs were flying past. you can see it passing. it was just a terrifying experience. amna: nearly all of the residence of one of the small islands were left homel

there cnn's rafael romo is in jamaica, in the capital kingston. so rafael, you wrote out the storm there. so describe it yeah, it was very scary at one point, dollars in a very powerful one of the most powerful hurricanes that i've ever seen. >> and the prime minister is right, we experienced the thunderstorms overnight. very powerful ones. and so even though a hurricane beryl is now history, at least here in jamaica, the damage, the devastation is quite a significant. i was showing you guys last hour how the powerful winds pushed the both behind me across the bay, made it crashed against the old pier here in downtown kingston. and as you can see now, it is a thank and we're getting new data and you weather data about how a powerful the series of soren's was we're learning that kingston reported wind gusts in excess health 80 miles per hour for multiple hours yesterday. also, wind gusts near 50 miles per hour started at 1:00 p.m. at that situation remains aim for about 12 hours. imagine that in the damage that it might have caused them, then anoth

people in the capital kingston, us talking up on supplies, windows in homes and businesses, i bought it up and the prime minister is urging citizens to take shelter. if you live in a low lying area in the area, it's hard to call the proteins the loading on line side. or if you live on the binds of a river or a buddy, i implore you to be evacuated to a shuttle or to see if i grow the for more than a week. now these really military has bombs, guys of cities through j, a neighborhood sterile. so we force of heavy fighting between these really forces and because some brigades, apollo, simeon journalist in gaza, has documented the destruction in jail. we are here just a few meters away from your neighborhood. as you can see, the live listings are missing, the neighborhood neighborhood is subject to extensive air strikes. turn this early morning, cause we're a ground forces, intervening, never heard from multiple directions, forcing civilians to this place and situated with means dyer families. still travel is a neighborhood with this. denise. this is as close as we can get into your neigh

the airports in the jamaican capital of kingston, kingston and montego bay have been closed because of beryl in mexico. tourists are flocking to the airport in cancun trying to leave before hurricane beryl arrives. at last check, 100 flights had been canceled. beryl is expected to hit mexico's yucatan peninsula tonight or perhaps tomorrow morning. mexico's defense ministry says visitors who can't or don't leave may be ordered to go to designated shelters. 120 shelters are open and nearly 5000 troops of the guard are on guard in the peninsula. let's take a live look right now at lake tahoe. this camera from high camp at palisades tahoe resort, it's been a packed day of 4th of july celebrations around the tahoe basin. many people in lake tahoe from out of town trying to escape the extreme heat. they were in the 80s today, and the 4th of july events all day were just an extra bonus. we saw that temperature and we had already been in it for a few days and we were like girl, girls and boys. we're heading to lake tahoe. well, back at home right now, it's 104 degrees. and what is it up here r

fierce, a portion of this roof was blown off at the international airport in kingston, leaving a large gaping hole. the capitalngston sits on the coast, and the mayor was begging people to leave on buses ready to head inland. >> even if it don't hit us directly. >> right. >> and we're preserving people's life. >> reporter: but despite warnings to evacuate, some residents still hunkered down in their homes, prepared for the storm. >> i have no concern over what is coming. so i just have to pray that -- all people of jamaica is safe. >> reporter: tom hanson, cbs news, montego bay, jamaica. >>> back here at home, nearly 30,000 people in california fled from their homes wednesday ahead of a spreading wildfire near the city of oroville north of sacramento. governor gavin newsom was forced to declare a state of emergency. cbs' elise preston with more. >> reporter: intense flames fanned by strong winds, bone-dry brush, and extreme heat exploded to more than 3500 acres overnight. the trail of destruction includes cars, homes, and structures. about 28,000 people were forced to flee. >> and we had giant embers dropping

a direct hit on wednesday, the center of the storm passing less than 50 miles south of the capital of kingstoneanup is now underway, with the worst destruction in southern jamaica, devastated homes, torn roofs, and downed trees. the deadly hurricane now barreling toward the yucatan peninsula, a popular vacation spot on mexico's east coast. cbs's dave malkoff is there. >> reporter: beryl is heading towards the resort areas here in tulum, and while they are experts on providing food, water, and shelter to thousands, they can't necessarily do that in these glass-lined, ocean-facing rooms here during n oncoming hurricane. they just handed us this note that says, in part, "you will be relocated to our shelter and become our refugee." emergency response teams in south texas are distributing sandbags to residents. >> but need some protection just in case. >> reporter: at the south padre island alligator sanctuary, even the gators are taking cover. 39 of them, including big padre here, were wrangled out of the water and taken inland while the storm passes. back at jamaica's montego bay airport... >> i

and even within the first hours of the storm making landfall, streets in the capital, kingston, beganacuation order for low—lying areas was put into place, and the prime minister stressed that residents of at—risk communities should move to safer districts. we urge alljamaicans to comply with notices to evacuate if and when they are issued. the coming hours will revealjust how much damage beryl has wrought in jamaica. but other islands show the devastation it can cause. in carriacou, off the coast of grenada, entire communities have been left homeless, with buildings destroyed or rendered uninhabitable. in st vincent and the grenadines, union island was among the worst affected places in the caribbean, receiving the full brunt of beryl�*s power. beryl is an unprecedented storm. none has formed as quickly or have intensified as fast in atlantic hurricane history, and satellite pictures show it's not done yet. as the storm leaves jamaica's territory, it will move towards the mexican mainland. the tourist resort of cancun is directly in its path. just as people in grenada, in st vincent

they're cnn's rafael romo is warning us now from a jamaica as capital of kingston. so raphael you wrote out the storm yesterday. what did you experience? gantz and what have you heard from people there yeah, i've read good morning. >> it was one of the most powerful hurricanes that i've ever seen. beryl hammered the island with torrential rain, and devastating winds and just take a look at what, what's behind me. fred. this is a boat that was push by the strong winds from across the bay. aid made it crashed against the old pier here in the downtown area in kingston, the capital of jamaica. and it finally ended up sinking after several hours. have been pounded by the wind and the jamaican prime minister says that this is his country is only beginning what he called the second phase of this disaster and the relief efforts. he also said that about 500 people were displaced by the hurricane and are now in shelters. he'll said that there has been damaged it's two infrastructure and coastal areas, so we can talk a lot about what we have seen as well, which is down power l

the center of the storm passing less than 50 miles south of the capital of kingston.under way with the worst destruction in southern jamaica. devastated homes, torn roofs, and downed trees. the deadly hurricane now barreling toward the yucatan peninsula, a popular vacation spot on mexico's east coast. cbs's dave malkoff is there. >> reporter: beryl is heading towards the resort areas here in tulum, and while they are experts on providing food, water, and shelter to thousands, they can't necessarily do that in these glass-lined ocean-facing rooms here during an oncoming hurricane. they just handed united states this note that says in part "you will be relocated it our shelter and become our refugee". >> reporter: emergency response teams in south texas are distributing sandbags to residents. >> going to need some protection just in case. >> reporter: at the south padre island alligator sanctuary, even the gators are taking cover. 39 of them, including big padre here, were wrangled out of the water and taken inland while the storm passes. back at jamaica's montego bay a

there's also been flooding — these pictures are from kingston, jamaica's capital. profoundly saddened to learn of the dreadful destruction caused by hurricane beryl and that his thoughts and prayers are with all those whose lives, livelihoods and property have been so utterly devastated. tom hanson is a correspondent with our partners cbs news, he's in montego bay injamaica and sent this update. the damage, we are getting a better sense of that as the day goes on, as we get more daylight. you know, i'm standing on one of the main thoroughfares here in montego bay and i'm going to try to safely cross. this is one of the sites where there has been just substantial damage but there are people on the ground here that are clearing the way and that's why you are seeing cars that are able to pass what was once an impassable road. i want to show you just the scale of this right now because this is the size of the tree. it's taller than me. that was yanked out of the earth from the sheer ferocity of the wind brought by beryl. and i also want to point out something that is a

the capital is kingston. let's show you pictures. you can see, the camera is zooming around.e up on a hill. you can see the trees not blowing around that much yet. the rain has started. just because it's a category 4, it doesn't tell you about how much rain is coming. maybe a food of rain. mudslides, debris flows. the waves and storm surge is coming. we don't know if the core winds, that 145 mile per hour winds are going to hit the island directly or stay to the south. it's going to be a close call. i'm confident the eye will miss kingston. it could brush the southern portion of the coast. from cancun down to belize, we are under a hurricane warning. here is the latest from the hurricane center. still a category 4. it peaked at 165. it weakened by 20 miles an hour. it's getting sheered. you can no longer see where the eye is. it's moving at a fast clip. it will be done with jamaica tonight. overnight to tomorrow morning, closest to the cayman islands. then, everybody wants to know, how is this going to impact south texas? that's through sunday night into monday morning. our c

so these are some of the pictures from jamaica's capital of kingston. you can see the before and after their of a bridge that you really can't see anymore after it was submerged in floodwaters, abbott elementary actress sheryl lee ralph was in kingston win that hurricane hit, and she shared this update we don't have any lights. >> there's no power, but we have to understanding. kingston is on the south so we've got scrubbed by the eye of beryl, but she is on her way off somewhere else joining me now on the phone from st. >> croix and the u.s. virgin islands is a tenant kernel i steven pick he is the commander of the air force unit known as a hurricane hunters. he flew a mission into hurricane beryl. so you had lieutenant colonel and aerial view into the eye of the storm. how did it match up? really? really powerful when you were in there, it still is powerful but it was even above a cat three when you were there in it that's correct, yes. >> thanks for having me this morning. we flew it approximately 36 hours ago, still low cap five strong cat four when

caribbean, the storm has already killed at least seven people, cnn's rafael romo is in jamaica's capital of kingston, rehfeld. what are you what are you hearing from people there of how they're preparing and what they're really preparing for okay. good morning. well, there's a great deal of anxiety here among the population on this island of 3 million people, because people have already seen what happened in barbados. they have seen what happened and grenada as hurricane beryl went through those islands in they i've experienced and they know that that may very well be their case. and you were talking at the beginning about hurricanes that have impacted this island only really two hurricanes and last 40 years have made landfall here in jamaica. but the reality is that they have felt the effects of many others and people are used to that. but what they're telling me is that it doesn't really happen this early in the season. they're used to facing dog can challenge in the month of august timber, and october. but not in july. and if you think about it, the hurricane actually formed at the end of june, r

however, we have been monitoring live cameras of kingston, the capital of jamaica, which show over the last few hours and increase so forth, you know, very, very strong rain and very strong winds. definitely, uh, jamaica is right now feeling the very strong effects of this of category for hurricane people are used to having to prepare for the hurricanes in these areas every year. and even more so in recent years when students have gotten more and more powerful. so in the case of the cayman islands, people are preparing and the way that they usually do their boarding of homes are bringing in boats from the shore, storing of food, fuel, etc, run in the case of the content peninsula and mexico, which is home to some of the biggest tourist destinations in mexico, namely can coon and to lou authorities have already begun making evacuation plans available for citizens. here's this coming up in a moment. projection of alex world with disaster in the u. k for one party and then another securing the largest majority in modern british history and tariff tensions sparks between you and the world.

we've been monitoring live cameras in the, in kingston, the capital, and we can see currently the city being hit by very strong rain and winds. however, the extent of all those risks that we just heard, the prime minister mentioned won't really be known uh for a couple of hours until the storm has fully passed. and we can really, you know, authorities to really go out there and see what damage it's cost. to see if it's really been as, as bad as they expected it to be. all right, we're looking for was, we know cayman islands is next on the list the full barrel reaches mexico. how people in the hurricane pos, preparing for it as well in the cayman islands. this is expected to be uh, one of the strongest hurricanes in over a decade. so people, there are, of course, going through the usual routine of these islands. basically every hurricane season, we're talking about an area of the world that's pretty used to this routine. and increasingly so in recent years as the storms have become more frequent and more powerful. so we're talking about boarding up their homes, bringing up their boats f

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however, we have been monitoring live cameras of kingston, the capital of jamaica, which show over the last few hours and increased so forth, you know, very, very strong rain and very strong winds. we've just also gotten hold of some video in which we can see the roof of the international airport in kingston being pulled off by the wind. the wind. so definitely, uh jamaica is right now feeling the very strong effects of this category for hurricane and the cayman. islands and mexico next on the list, how people preparing for it as well. i think it's important to, to highlight the fact that these are regions both in the case of the cayman islands, and also in the case of the, you could 10th and into and mexico that are very much used to dealing with hurricane prepared as this is a routine that i'm sure no one gets used to it, but you know, people are used to having to prepare for hurricanes in these areas every year and even more so in recent years when storms have gotten more and more powerful. so in the case of the cayman islands, people are preparing and the way that they usually do t

here it's the calm before the storm, we had rain about 30 minutes ago here we're standing in kingston, the capital, but the winds have died down. there's no more rain anymore, but this is going to drastically change in the next few hours and overnight, we heard from jamaica they can prime minister andrew wholeness who said that his country must take this hurricane very seriously. and the reality is that there's a great deal of anxiety among the population of people here have seen what happened in places like barbados and in grenada. and node the same kind of devastation can come their way in the next a few hours. so there's a lot of people who are very nervous right now, people who flocked to the stores to get those necessities, food, water, and other things. also, we have heard from a top government official here who told us the main concern for the government and was that they needed to warn people who live in low-lying areas to move to safer ground. as senator andrew serwer, a said, that the government is making available more than 780 shelters for people who may need it. and this is the earlie

biggest concern is in terms of the actual physical damage that might be done well certainly kingston is our capital city, as you would know. and in recent times, the economy of the jamaican government has as improved. and i think the fact that kingston is basically in the path signals challenge because it could put our economy economic progress, some backwards. the biggest areas in jamaica that are certainly concerning are the port more area they, of course, st. thomas, portland and some very low-lying areas in an around the corporate era. we certainly have incidences of significant flooding from time to time clarendon is certainly a source of concern and those areas where there are posing populations that are not so well put together. also are at risk. and so there are pockets of significant challenges but i think that all in all across the 14 parishes that there is significant preparation taking place the government is really marshalling is forces to ensure that they can they are ready as much as they can because there's very little you can there i'm certain things that are outside of your purvie

kingston where you can see heavy wind and rain lashing the trees. jamaica's information minister told the bbc the government has put everything in place to deal with the hurricane. in the capitalicity has been shut down in large parts of the city and main roads are blocked off. let's go to jamaica now and speak to our correspondent. thanks for joining us. we can see pretty brutal conditions behind you. what is it like at the moment? >> to be fair, i've been stuck in this spot for a lot of the time. i took the dog for a walk a moment ago and literally there are trees all over the place. one of the things you should always do when you have dogs is move things out of the way and there is a path -- there is a tree downed in the path and cars are managing to miss it. we are seeing roofs being ripped off of buildings. trees heading electricity wires and poles. it hasn't actually been shut down on purpose. it has just been what happened off the back of all of the infrastructure being impacted by the force of the wind. >> how well have jamaicans been there were a few warnings. >> we had seen what happened the eastern caribbean. all of these places, so we were watching what was happeni