Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 season, is passing by Jamaica as a monstrous Category 4 storm. >> Track Hurricane BerylSign up for our NewslettersBeryl, originally a Category 5 hurricane,

Jamaica’s cruise ports — Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, and Falmouth — also reopened for passenger ships. Beryl made landfall in Tulum, Mexico, early Friday morning as a stronger-than-expected Category 2 hurricane, but that strength quickly bled out as it sped across the Yucatan Peninsula.

The powerful storm, which devastated communities in the eastern Caribbean earlier this week, was headed next to the Cayman Islands.