text:  The earliest category for hurricane on record. I'm Sue Guzman, Fox News. Hurricane Beryl is churning toward the Caribbean as a powerful category for storm. Packing winds of up to 140 miles per hour and headed toward the Windward Islands. Michael Brennan is the director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Storm surge levels of six to nine feet above normal tide levels with potentially catastrophic, dangerous breaking waves on top of that.