 He says the latest variant... They're grandchildren of Omicron. And they're very contagious. Stacey Lynn, CBS News. Hurricane Beryl back at Category 4 strength after weakening slightly as it heads toward the Caribbean. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Beryl has maximum sustained winds of 140 miles an hour and is moving west-northwest at 20 miles an hour. There's never been a recorded Atlantic hurricane so powerful so early in the year.