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(CMR) As of 11 p.m. Monday, Hurricane Beryl’s maximum sustained winds increased to 160 mph, making the storm a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir Simpson scale. This is the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, beating Hurricane Emily in July 2005.
That year went on to be the second-most intense hurricane season on record. Emily and Beryl are the only two category 5 hurricanes in July.
Hurricane Beryl was already the strongest June hurricane, the easternmost hurricane to develop in June, and the earliest category 4 storm on record. Records go back to the 1800s.
Beryl is expected to weaken as it encounters wind shear in the Central Caribbean.
