WASHINGTON — The "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Hurricane Beryl barrelled across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday afternoon toward the Caribbean's Windward Islands, where it is expected to bring life-threatening winds and flash flooding on July 1, the US National Hurricane Centre said.

The first hurricane of the 2024 season was located about 400km southeast of Barbados in the afternoon on June 30, with maximum sustained winds of 215kmh, the NHC said in an advisory.

The centre of the hurricane is expected to travel across the Windward Islands in the morning on July 1 as a Category 4 storm, the second-strongest level on a five-step scale.

"Potentially catastrophic wind damage is expected where the eyewall of Beryl moves through portions of the Windward Islands, with the highest risk of the core in St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada," NHC said in its most recent advisory.

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