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The southeast Caribbean began shutting down on Sunday as residents braced for potentially life-threatening winds and storm surge from Hurricane Beryl, which was forecast to strengthen into a Category 4 storm on Monday, US forecasters said. Government officials pleaded with people to take shelter as hurricane experts warned that it was extremely rare for such a powerful storm to form this early in the Atlantic hurricane season.