(Miami, FL) -- Hurricane Beryl is racing toward the Caribbean as a Category 4 hurricane.
The National Hurricane Center calls Beryl an "extremely dangerous" hurricane with sustained winds of 130 miles-an-hour. It's eye of the storm is now about 300 miles east-southeast of Barbados.
Hurricane warnings are posted for Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines with life-threatening winds and storm surge expected to hit the Windward islands by early Monday morning.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* Barbados
* St. Lucia
* St. Vincent and the Grenadine Islands
* Grenada
* Tobago
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Martinique
* Trinidad
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...
* Dominica
* South coast of Dominican Republic from Punta Palenque westward
to the border with Haiti
* South coast of Haiti from the border with the Dominican
Republic to Anse d'Hainault