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Hurricane Beryl Barbados:  The world champion Indian Cricket Team remains stranded in Barbados as category-4 Hurricane Beryl made landfall on the Caribbean nation on Monday. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team is expected to stay in the island nation for another day, PTI reported. According to CNN, life-threatening winds and storms lashed Barbados. This came as the T20 World Cup final host, which has a population of 3 lakh, remains in lockdown since Sunday evening.

Hurricane Beryl is reportedly the strongest known storm which has passed through Barbados, CNN reported, adding that no such inclement weather event was witnessed since 1851 as per NOAA data. With wind speed over 240 kilometres per hour, the category-4 hurricane made landfall near the Grenadines’ Carriacou Island in the Caribbean Sea at 11 AM Barbados time.

According to the National Hurricane Centre, the storm triggered massive power outages and rainwater flooded streets across many parts of the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados and Tobago.

Amid the chaos that erupted due to the storm, former Indian Cricketer Robin Singh shared videos on his X handle showing the high-speed winds crossing the seaside outside his hotel. 

According to an ESPN report, the Indian Cricket Team is currently staying at the Hilton Hotel in Barbados. While the team was planning to book a charter back home, the plan got delayed as all the flight operations and airports remained shut in the small island nation. The South African cricket team had left on Sunday itself, the report stated.

Meanwhile, BCCI secretary Jay Shah has informed about the board's plan to felicitate the world T20 champion team after they reach India. "Like you, we are also stuck here. After the travel plans are clear, we will think about the felicitation," Shah said as quoted by ESPN.