BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fueled by the Atlantic's record warmth.Beryl made landfall on the island of Carriacou in Grenada as the earliest Category 4 storm in the Atlantic, then late in the day the National Hurricane Center in Miami said its winds had increased to Category 5 strength.
itchell said he would travel to Carriacou as soon as it's safe, noting there's been an 'extensive' storm surge.Grenada officials had to evacuate patients to a lower floor after hospital roof was damaged, he said.'There is the likelihood of even greater damage,' he told reporters. 'We have no choice but to continue to pray.