text:  Hurricane Beryl is beginning to engulf the Cayman Islands with heavy rains and roaring winds. Despite being downgraded to a Category 3 storm, local reports in the Cayman Islands say some areas have already lost power. Beryl has already swept the southern coast of Jamaica with sustained winds of 220 kilometres an hour. Speaking to the BBC, the tourism minister for the Cayman Islands, Kenneth Bryan, described how they were preparing for the storm.