Damage from Hurricane Beryl in Grenada

Hurricane Beryl has hit the Atlantic Ocean island of Grenada, destroying countless homes and businesses.

Knewz.com has learned that while the unusually early storm did not create “extremely dangerous and life-threatening” conditions, it did destroy lives and livelihoods.

On the island of Carriacou, officials noted that when the storm made landfall, it was packing winds of up to 150 mph, at which point roofs were torn off homes.

YouTube documentary maker Jonathan Petramala arrived on the island after the storm and spoke to some of the affected residents.

His camera captured a scene of devastation: what were once colorful, brightly painted houses had been reduced to rubble as far as the eye could see.

“How are you?” Petramala asked a man trying to cope with the aftermath of the natural disaster.

“Alive,” was the answer. The individual had never experienced a hurricane and had no idea what to expect when the community was warned of the impending tragedy the day before.

“Nothing (can) prepare you for this,” he said, shaking his head. “This is sad. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy.”

“Someone else is going to experience this tomorrow, later today,… tomorrow.”

“We have three (storm) systems right behind us,” the man noted. “What about the people who don’t have time to recover.”

Another resident of the town showed photos of what it looked like before Hurricane Beryl devastated it.

“It’s all gone,” he said, telling Petramala that he had lived in that place for the past three years, but now, thanks to the storm, his food truck, his house and his mother’s house were gone.

Like the first interviewee from Petramala, this person claimed that when he heard about the approaching storm, he never expected so much damage to occur.

The video continued filming as Petramala walked onto the main street, which was littered with debris and at one point became impassable.

“There’s not a business here that’s not touched.” One of the institutions that heeded the warnings was the Grenada Co-Operative Bank. Its windows remained boarded up, while everything around it seemed destroyed.

As Petramal walked through the streets and talked to the people of the island, he met one of the locals who asked him if he had ever experienced a hurricane before. Petramala said that he had.

The interviewee-turned-interviewer then asked if he had seen worse, to which Petramala replied, “This is the worst thing there is.”

“There is no exaggeration, this is the worst thing there is.”

Hurricane Beryl was a Category 5 storm that formed earlier in the season than normal due to unusually warm ocean currents.

According to the Associated Press news agency, winds reached speeds of 257 km/h (160 mph) by late morning on July 2.

Michael Brennan, director of the United States National Hurricane Center, has since warned that Jamaica is next and will be directly hit by the approaching storm.