 Biden served in the Senate for 36 years before being tapped as vice president for Barack Obama. Bob Agnew reporting. Hurricane Beryl has ripped off doors, windows, and roofs in homes across the southeast Caribbean after making landfall on the island of Kediakou as the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters. There were no immediate reports of possible deaths or injuries, with communications largely down across the region on Monday.