The OPSGROUP Hurricane tracker is now active for Hurricane Beryl, which is on track to hit Jamaica on Wednesday, with sustained winds of 110 kts. A hurricane warning has been issued for the entire country, along with the Cayman Islands.
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MKJP/Kingston and MKJS/Montego Bay are already closed.
Further west, MWCB/Cayman Brac and MWCR/Grand Cayman will close on Wednesday at 1500 and 1800 local.
The Hurricane Beryl Situation Report is being updated as airports close, and will have information on reopening.
There has been significant damage to airports in St. Vincent & the Grenadines post-Beryl, and all are now focused on relief operations. TVSA/Argyle is open and operating for relief flights, the smaller ones (TVSB/Bequia, TVSC/Canouan, TVSU/Union & TVSM/Mustique) have different degrees of infrastructure damage and are closed other than for specific relief operations.
If you have an update to share regarding Airport Status for any affected airports, please use the link below or email news@ops.group.
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