You can hear the panic, but only imagine the terror. Hurricane Beryl is a history maker in all the wrong ways. Never has a storm this severe hit this early in the year. Several people died as winds of 165 miles per hour pummled islands across the Eastern Caribbean.

Really just hoping for the best. And all around me, there were houses in the village. Their roofs were flying past. You could see it passing.

Beryl has weakened, but only ever so slightly as it moves West from Granada. But it is now on course for a direct hit on Jamaica on Wednesday, bringing life-threatening hurricane-strength winds. It is expected to ease somewhat before it hits the Cayman Islands on Thursday and Mexico, south of Cancun on Friday. This was the cue in Jamaica's Montago Bay for the supermarket as people stocked up on supplies.

This is the definition of the calm before the storm. There's barely a breeze in the air here. It's hard to believe that in a matter of hours, this place will almost certainly be in the grips of its worst hurricane in decades.

Many climate scientists believe warming ocean temperatures are to blame for such rapidly intensifying storms. The Prime Minister of Jamaica agrees.

While our carbon emissions are minuscule, our region bears the brunt of the impacts of climate change. The hurricane further highlights the urgent need for global climate action and targeted support to enhance resilience against the escalating dangers of climate change.

Between four and seven major hurricanes are expected from now to November. Normally, there would be three. Beryll could just be a taste of what's to come. Martha Kelner, Sky News, Kingston, Jamaica.