CARACAS, JUNE 30, 2024

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SPACES (INEA) INFORMS THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL THAT TODAY, SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2024, AT 11:00 AM, HURRICANE “BERYL” STRENGTHENED, REACHING CATEGORY 4, WITH ITS CENTER LOCATED EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SUCRE STATE, SPECIFICALLY 437 NAUTICAL MILES (809 KM) FROM GÜIRIA IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AT GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES 10.8° NORTH AND 54.9° WEST.

ACCORDING TO ITS TRAJECTORY, IT IS MOVING WESTWARD (AT 275°), WITH A SPEED OF 18 KNOTS (33 KM/H), BEING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE THAT IS GENERATING ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER WITH HEAVY PRECIPITATION, STORMY ACTIVITY AND INTERACTING WITH THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ) OVER THE WESTERN COASTAL AREA OF THE COUNTRY.

WIND: HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST FOR MONDAY, JULY 01, 2024, DUE TO THE EYEWALL OF “BERYL,” WHICH IS MOVING THROUGH THE WINDWARD ISLANDS, EASTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA.

STORM SURGE: HURRICANE BERYL IS GENERATING LARGE WAVES BETWEEN 1.8 TO 4.0 METERS HIGH AND HIGHER IN THE AREA NEAR THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE. AS IT APPROACHES THE COASTS, THE SWELL EFFECT (MAR DE FONDO) COULD OCCUR.

DUE TO THE FOREGOING, THE AQUATIC AUTHORITY INFORMS SHIPPING AGENCIES, SHIPOWNERS, AND OWNERS THAT SAILINGS FOR SMALL PASSENGER, FISHING, RECREATIONAL, AND SPORT VESSELS ARE RESTRICTED IN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY, STARTING SUNDAY, JUNE 30 AT 18:00 HRS, UNTIL TUESDAY AT 18:00 HRS. THIS MEASURE WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE AFOREMENTIONED PHENOMENON HAS MOVED AWAY AND NO LONGER REPRESENTS A DANGER TO NAVIGATION.

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES ISSUED BY OUR CONSTITUTIONAL PRESIDENT NICOLÁS MADURO MOROS AND THE MINISTER OF PEOPLE’S POWER FOR TRANSPORTATION, M/G RAMÓN CELESTINO VELÁZQUEZ ARAGUAYÁN, INEA, TOGETHER WITH THE HYDROGRAPHY AND NAVIGATION SERVICE (SHN), THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY (INAMEH), THE COAST GUARD COMMAND OF THE BOLIVARIAN NAVY, AND THE CITIZEN SECURITY ORGANS OF THE MINISTRY OF PEOPLE’S POWER FOR INTERIOR, JUSTICE, AND PEACE, WHICH FORM THE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WILL REMAIN VIGILANT OF CHANGES IN METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND WILL CONTINUE EXECUTING ACTIONS TO GUARANTEE THE SAFETY OF HUMAN LIFE AT SEA.

LIKEWISE, THE ENTIRE AQUATIC COMMUNITY IS URGED TO BE ATTENTIVE TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM OFFICIAL ENTITIES IN ORDER TO INCREASE LEVELS OF AWARENESS AND FORESIGHT TO PREVENT THE OCCURRENCE OF MARITIME EVENTS.