Hurricane Beryl

A RECORD-BREAKING EVENT

Hurricane Beryl began forming in the Atlantic Ocean in mid-June 2024, gathering strength as it tracked a West to Northwest direction over the Atlantic Ocean towards the Windward Islands and into the Caribbean Sea.

Beryl then made landfall on 01 July on the island of Carriacou in Grenada as the earliest recorded Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in history.

It then reached Category 5 strength late on 01 July and intensified further on 02 July to 165mph winds as it tracked across the Caribbean Sea towards Jamaica, making landfall on 03 July as a Category 4 strength hurricane.

On 04 July, the centre of Beryl passed 50 miles (80km) southwest of Grand Cayman as a Category 3 storm, before making landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on 05 July, just northeast of Tulum, at Category 2 status.

Following this, Beryl travelled across the Gulf of Mexico and weakened to Category 1 status before making US landfall in Matagorta, Texas on 08 July.

After making US landfall, Beryl weakened rapidly to Tropical Storm then Tropical Depression status, travelling towards the northeastern US before quickly dissipating .

THE MIS RESPONSE

After releasing the first pre-event layer on GEO on June 30th, alerting clients of Hurricane Beryl’s imminent landfall in the Windward Islands, the MIS team then spent over two weeks tirelessly tracking and assessing Beryl's impact as the record-breaking hurricane made its way through the Caribbean, across the Gulf of Mexico, then hit the US before eventually dissipating.

During this period, the MIS team updated the event report on GEO on a near daily basis, providing clients with the latest available information on how their portfolios were being impacted and how they could expect Beryl to develop as it continued its journey.

With the final GEO update for Hurricane Beryl being released by the MIS team on July 16th, this totalled 14 product releases for this event, including 9 Wind Exposure and Claims Grid updates and 3 Flood Exposure and Claims Grid updates.

12 countries were featured in the MIS response to Hurricane Beryl, with 537.98 sq. km covered in the Claims Grids, as well as the MIS Intelligence team making a total of 4,958 Building-Level Damage Assessments across the islands of Carriacou, Union Island, Petite Martinique, Mayreau and Canouan.

Building Level Damage Assessment

Building Level Damage Assessment for Carriacou.

Final Confirmed Path and Arrival Times.

End of Report.

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Notable stats:

4,598 total buildings assessed by the MIS team in Carriacou, Union Island, Petite Martinique, Mayreau and Canouan
28% destroyed/severely damaged
39% moderate/substantial damage
33% light damage/no damage identified

Power Outage Updates

Power Outages for Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas for 11 Jul 24.

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Notable stats:

1,400,000 people without power in Texas, Lousiana and Arkansas

Building Level Damage Assessment

Building Level Damage Assessment for Canouan and Power Outages for Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas for 10 Jul 24.

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Notable stats:

Claims Grid for Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Carriacou, Union Island, Petite Martinique, Mayreau and Canouan
8% destroyed/severely damaged
3% moderate/substantial damage
89% light/no damage identified

Claims Grid Update

Houston Flood 50m x 50m Claims Grid updated.

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Claims Grid for Houston, Texas

Flood 50m x 50m Claims Grid for Houston, Texas. Power Outages for Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas for 08 and 09 Jul 24.

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Exposure Grid and Building Level Damage Assessment for Union Island

Flood 500m x 500m Exposure Grid and Building Level Damage Assessment for Union Island. Updated Wind 5km x 5km Exposure Grid, Track, Arrival times, Wind Speeds, Predicted Paths, Predicted Arrival Times and Cone of Uncertainty.

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Claims Grid and 50cm imagery of George Town in the Cayman Islands and Potential Storm Surge, Texas

Wind 1km x 1km Claims Grid and 50cm imagery of George Town in the Cayman Islands and Potential Storm Surge, Texas. Updated Track, Arrival times, Wind Speeds, Predicted Paths, Predicted Arrival Times and Cone of Uncertainty.

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Notable stats:

80mph maximum wind speeds during landfall in Texas

Claims Grid of Spanish Town, Portmore and Kingston in Jamaica

Wind 1km x 1km Claims Grid of Spanish Town, Portmore and Kingston in Jamaica. Updated Wind 5km x 5km Exposure Grid, Track, Arrival times, Wind Speeds, Predicted Paths, Predicted Arrival Times and Cone of Uncertainty.

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Notable stats:

489 sq. km assessed by MIS team in Jamaica
391 sq. km - no damage estimated
98 sq. km - light damage estimated

Predicted Arrival Times and Cone of Uncertainty

Updated Wind 5km x 5km Exposure Grid, Track, Arrival times, Wind Speeds, Predicted Paths.

Building Level Damage Assessment for Port Martinique and Mayreau

Building Level Damage Assessment for Port Martinique and Mayreau. Updated Wind 5km x 5km Exposure Grid, Track, Arrival times, Wind Speeds, Predicted Paths, Predicted Arrival Times and Cone of Uncertainty.

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Notable stats:

645,000 in-force client locations identified in the storm's path and categorised by MIS within the Exposure Layer
546 in-force client locations in initial Claims Grid for Mayreau and Petite Martinique:
63% destroyed/severely damaged
15% moderate/substantial damage
22% light damage/no damage