Hurricane Beryl shatters the old record by more than two weeks to become the earliest Cat 5 storm|@hurrtrackerapp|X

Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 yesterday evening when it made landfall on the Caribbean island. It is only the second named storm of the storm season, but it has become the first-ever category 4 and 5 hurricane on record in the month of June.

Beryl shatters the old record by more than two weeks.

The forecast predicts the storm is expected to pass near Jamaica on Wednesday.