Hurrican Beryl: Former N.B. resident experiences storm on Cayman Islands [Video]

Strong winds and heavy rain continued outside Amy Kilfillen’s door Thursday morning – a clear sign of Hurricane Beryl, a system she’s been watching for the last week.

“[Wednesday] only essential workers were working, but the supermarkets and stuff, gas stations were still open so people could still get some things, but we all had to be in by 6 p.m.,” said Kilfillen.

Hurricane Beryl was downgraded to a Category 3 storm just before it passed-by the Cayman Islands where the former Maritimer now calls home.

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However, effects from the storm were still seen on the islands.

“Three o’clock in the morning I could hear the winds starting and kind of was in and out of sleep until about 7:30 and just hearing the gusts and it’s pretty much stayed that way,” she said.

“There’s definitely some areas where the sea did come up …