Talk:Hurricane Beryl

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A news item involving Hurricane Beryl was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 5 July 2024.

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Hey Quake1234, I noticed you reverted the death toll for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 8 back to 11. You removed a few sources with that change as well, but still left one in place. I went to do some verification checks and that source, the one you added, directly stated Saint Vincent and the Grenadines had 3 deaths, not 11. I went ahead and added a failed verification template next to that. Can you double check to make sure you listed the source you wanted to? Also, I am only aware of 8 deaths, not 11, so I am curious what the source is as well. Either way, it isn't the one currently listed, so it needs to be corrected. Cheers! The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 22:05, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do numbers of people evacuated to (seeking safety in) shelters belong in the preparations section or in the impact section? Right now some are noted in one while some are noted in the other. Drdpw (talk) 21:18, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Drdpw When I was editing the article I put all of those numbers into preparations. My logic behind it was: one, (a bit hard to explain) but if the hurricane hadn't hit the islands, or the forecasts messed up the intensity, people would have still been sheltered; two, it was just how the article was formatted before I added the numbers for other nations. ✶Quxyz✶ 19:33, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Now that Beryl has its place in history, it has been added to List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes, List of Barbados hurricanes, List_of_Jamaica_hurricanes#2000–2024, List_of_Texas_hurricanes_(1980–present)#2020–present, and List of Cayman Islands hurricanes. I have to thank all of the editors who've worked on the article and kept it up to date. I think this is one of the better articles for a recent significant hurricane. That could be because the editor energy went into adding content to the article that wasn't just keeping the met history up to date. The main thing to look out for now is the recovery/aftermath, which is where most current-ish storms tend to fall short long term. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:16, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, @Drdpw, can I please know why I got reverted? SomeoneWiki04 (talk) 02:54, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I question whether deaths due to hyperthermia / heat exposure during the Texas power outage should be counted as indirect Beryl fatalities; I see them as a step removed from deaths due to injuries sustained from storm damage and drownings. This I why I reverted the edit and suggested that you open a discussion on the subject on this talk page. Drdpw (talk) 04:24, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright thank you, but would that mean all the 10 deaths due to hyperthermia would be removed? SomeoneWiki04 (talk) 05:51, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It just occurred to me that a side article for Beryl’s meteorological history (following standard naming conventions) would plausibly be merited, given its long life, unusual track, early development and many landfalls. So, does the consensus suggest creating the article? KirkCliff2 (talk) 07:01, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article uses multiple sources for its death toll. NesserWiki (talk) 07:18, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NesserWiki, according to the reliable source removed from the table there have been six fatalities in SVI. You changed the death toll to eight. However, the referenced article says nothing about the number of faralities. Please restore the former information which is backed by a reliable source, or find another source that supports the claim of eight. Drdpw (talk) 09:56, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

it actually did say something about the deaths, Look at the report, and download it, You can see a table including the number of deaths. SomeoneWiki04 (talk) 13:46, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]