Remnant of tropical storm Beryl dissipates after Dominica

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The remnant of Tropical Storm Beryl swept over Dominica on Sunday night, dissipated, easing the threat to other eastern Caribbean islands recovering from last year's deadly hurricanes.

nine months after Hurricane Maria hit the island as a Category 5 storm and killed dozens of people.

Dominica's government had said it would shut down the water system during the storm as a precautionary measure to lessen possible damage. People on the island, and others in the region, had been prepared for the threat of damaging winds, rains and waves.

The US National Hurricane Center said the remnants of Beryl would move South of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Monday. It should be possible to avoid this situation, but it should be possible to prevent it.

Puerto Rico's governor had feared new power outings if Beryl pbaded away tropical storm as originally forecast. Butler Beryl, who had been the Atlantic season's first hurricane, disintegrated as a tropical storm.

The hurricane center said Beryl's remnant had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) late Sunday and was moving west-northwestward at 26 mph (43 kph). It was the system that was still falling to 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 inches) of rain, with 5 inches (13 centimeters ) in

To the north, Tropical Storm Chris formed off the Carolinas, and the hurricane center Monday, while still offshore. It was not projected to be dangerous, but it was predicted to be dangerous and dangerous.

Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit had warned people to respect an island-wide curfew and remain indoors.

Meteorologist Marshall Alexander told The Associated Press that officials were worried about people still living with tarps on their roofs after Hurricane Maria.

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello also urged people with sturdy roofs to move in with respect to government shelters that had opened. Some 60,000 people still have only tarps for roofs.

"I'm praying for all the brothers who are still living under a plastic roof," said Alfonso Lugo in the southeastern Puerto Rico town of Humacao. "They're the ones who are suffering the most now."

Lugo lost his roof and two walls to Maria Beryl.

Off the US East Coast, Tropical Storm Chris has maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph). It was centred about 195 miles (315 kilometers ) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras. It was moving to east-southeast at 2 mph (4 kph).

The hurricane center said there was a possibility that beryl's remnants could regenerate a tropical cyclone in a few days while moving across the Bahamas

Danica Coto, The Associated Press