Prince William and Kate have been donating privately to Hurricane Beryl relief efforts after the powerful storm tore through islands in the south-east Caribbean, it is understood.
The natural disaster has led to at least six people being killed in Grenada, Venezuela and St Vincent and the Grenadines. As the storm worsens, a hurricane warning has been put in place for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, who carried out a royal tour in the Caribbean in 2022, are said to be supporting current relief efforts and continuing to follow the impact closely.
It is unknown house much the royal couple have donated to relief efforts at this time.
Hurricane Beryl was forecast to be near major-hurricane strength when it passed near or over Jamaica early on Wednesday, and near the Cayman Islands on Thursday and into Mexico‘s Yucatan Peninsula on Friday, according to the National Hurricane Centre.
Prince William and Kate have been donating privately to Hurricane Beryl relief efforts it is understood. Pictured: The couple in the Bahamas during the Caribbean royal tour in 2022
Fishing boats damaged by Hurricane Beryl wade in the water at the Bridgetown Fisheries, Barbados, Tuesday, July 2, 2024
A man looks at the debris in the Caribbean Terrace neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica
A hurricane watch was in effect for Haiti’s southern coast and the Yucatan’s east coast, as Belize issued a tropical storm watch stretching south from its border with Mexico to Belize City.
Late on Monday, Beryl became the earliest storm to develop into a Category five hurricane in the Atlantic and peaked at winds of 165mph on Tuesday before weakening to a still-destructive Category four.
On Wednesday, the storm was about 250 miles east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica. It had top winds of 145mph and was moving west-northwest at 22mph, the centre said.
Three people were reported killed in Grenada and Carriacou and another in St Vincent and the Grenadines, officials said.
Two other deaths were reported in northern Venezuela, where five people are missing, officials said.
One fatality in Grenada occurred after a tree fell on a house.
A fisherman checks the boats he secured as Hurricane Beryl approaches, in Kingston, Jamaica
Members of the local environment agency protect sea turtles’ nests ahead the arrival of Hurricane Beryl, in Cancun, Mexico
A man looks at damaged vehicles after devastating floods swept through the town after Hurricane Beryl passed off the Venezuelan coast, in Cumanacoa, Venezuela, July 2, 2024
Storm clouds hover over the mountains as people make last-minute preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl on July 03, 2024 in Kingston, Jamaica
Last year, William and Kate similarly made personal donations to the Turkish earthquake relief fund, along with King Charles and Queen Camilla after the royals were left ‘horrified by the harrowing images’.
More than 55,000 people were killed when the earthquake his southern regions of the country.
Palace sources confirmed the couple had made a personal donation to aid rescue efforts at the time, but it is unknown how much this donation was.