 The earliest category for hurricane on record. I'm Sue Guzman, Fox News. Hurricane Beryl is churning toward the Caribbean as a powerful category for storm. Packing winds of up to 140 mph and headed toward the Windward Islands. Michael Brennan is the director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Storm surge levels of 6 to 9 feet above ground above normal tide levels with potentially catastrophic dangerous breaking waves on top of that.