The storm brought heavy rain and powerful winds to the island nation. Airports in Montego Bay and Kingston are closed, and an island-wide curfew is in effect.
CHICAGO â Chicago ans abroad, including Lakeview resident Matt Linder, are taking cover and trying to ride out Hurricane Beryl while friends and family hope for the best.'Look, everybody in their mother was trying to leave here yesterday, and leaving Negril is not as simple as just taking the Orange Line to Midway or the Blue Line to O'Hare, right? In order to get to where we are at, we had to take an hour and a half bus.
Honorary Consul for Jamaica for only six months, Lester Barclay, is now in the position of helping Chicago's Jamaican community, approximately 70,000 to 80,000 people, as they navigate this storm. He last visited the island in 2022 and is now getting updates from the embassies in New York and information from the ground in Jamaica. He said it's too early to know what aid to send or what help they will need.'As you know, Jamaica relies heavily on tourism.
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