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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hurricane Beryl's way to Texas caused demolition connected parts of the Caribbean. To assistance cleanable up the debris and devastation near by Beryl, an Austin autochthonal has organized efforts to assistance locals connected the Caribbean land of Grenada.
Daniel Perry is presently a aesculapian pupil astatine St. George's University connected the land of Grenada, antecedently attending Vista Ridge High schoolhouse successful the Austin area. After Beryl deed Grenada, Perry felted inclined to assistance out.
"I came crossed the Grenada Red Cross Society, and I signed up to beryllium a volunteer," Perry said. "I was similar alright — I'm going to spot if I tin get immoderate pupil volunteers."
Perry said helium initially expected 5 to six students to articulation him but ended up getting implicit 50 aesculapian students to supply catastrophe relief.
"It's an unthinkable radical of people," Perry said. "They were not comfy being stationary aft Beryl."
Group photograph of volunteers who helped cleaned a formation successful Grenada pursuing Hurricane Beryl (Courtesy Marta Wojtanowski)
Volunteers cleaning a formation successful Grenada pursuing Hurricane Beryl (Courtesy Danny Levis)
Volunteers cleaning a formation successful Grenada pursuing Hurricane Beryl (Courtesy Lucinda Eberly)
When Beryl deed the island, it reportedly killed 3 people, according to the Associated Press. Perry said the upwind Beryl brought was thing helium had ever seen before.
"We went into afloat lockdown connected the island," Perry said. "It was benignant of surreal. You (saw) sideways rainfall and wind. It was the astir rainfall I've ever seen — the astir upwind I've ever seen."
As hurricane play is acold from over, Perry says determination is inactive a batch to beryllium done to beryllium acceptable for the adjacent rhythm of aggravated weather.
"The ngo present is to proceed hurricane proofing these parts of the land that got it worse," Perry said. "Having these backup places, backup generators, backup h2o supplies — things similar that — truthful we tin beryllium up of the curve."
Hurricane Beryl made landfall connected Texas’ Gulf seashore aboriginal Monday morning.
