..Leewards U-19 cricketers stranded in Barbados
..Cancelled flights hamper Guyana, T&T departures

HURRICANE Beryl made landfall yesterday on the Islands of Carriacouan and Grenada while Hurricane warnings are still in effect in St Vincent and the Grenadines as thousands of people there have buckled down in their homes or Shelters.
Beryl became the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fuelled by record warm waters.
The Hurricane season starts in June but usually peaks closer to September.
In St Vincent where CWI’s Regional U-19 Cricket tournament was scheduled to commence today, NBC Radio has reported roofs being torn off of Churches and Schools as communications began collapsing across the Southeast Caribbean yesterday evening.
In Barbados and Trinidad, Airports have been closed, leaving the Leeward Islands team which was intransit to St Vincent, stranded in Barbados while flights from Guyana to the Easten Caribbean have been cancelled.

The Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana teams could not depart on Sunday night for St. Vincent as planned.
Barbados, St Lucia and Jamaica to the North of the Caribbean have been issued with Hurricane warning with Beryl threatening to gather strength.
The Guyana team’s flight to St Vincent was cancelled on Sunday evening due to Hurricane Beryl watch.
Hurricane Ivan was the last strongest Hurricane to hit the Caribbean in 2004. West Indies won the 2004 Champions Trophy and dedicated their victory to the people of Grenada who were the hardest hit.
Vice-President of CWI and President of TTCB, Azim Bassarath, confirmed the T&T team was also delayed and was still in Trinidad. He also said that defending Champions Jamaica were
also affected by the cancellation of connecting flights. The CWI VP confirmed that the tournament will not start this week.

But he added that the CWI cannot say if the tournament will be cancelled but could only say that a new date was still to be confirmed.
Most of the players selected for Guyana played key roles last season; among them being: Rampertab Ramnauth, Sachin Balgobin, Alvin Mohabir, Zachary Jodah, Jonathan Van Lange, Thaddeus Lovell.
Fast bowler Isai Thorne who made his first-class debut in this year’s West Indies Championship is unavailable, after being named to tour England with the West Indies Test team as a development player from June 23.
Guyana U-19 Team – Rampertab Ramnauth, Sachin Balgobin, Alvin Mohabir, Zachary Jodah, Johnathan Van Lange (vice- captain), Thaddeus Lovell, Romeo Deonarain, Mavindra Dindyal (Captain), Shahid Viera (WK), Krsna Singh, Riyad Latiff, Golcharran Chulai, Bruce Vincent and Anthon Lim.
Stand-by players – Rampersaud Ramnauth, Shiloh Adams, Kumar Deopersaud, Salim Khan, Wavell Allen and Mahem Khan.