text:  Hurricane Beryl is defying all records. No storm has intensified so early in the season and with such strength and intensity as this one. It morphed from a tropical storm into a Category 4 hurricane in record time. The islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada are expected to experience the worst of the hurricane, with a storm surge of up to 9 feet and up to 6 inches of rainfall. Researchers have warned the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season could be one of the worst on record because of rising ocean temperatures.