Having survived the night as Hurricane Beryl tore across her idyllic home of Union Island with ferocious force, Katrina Coy was taken aback by the extent of the devastation which lay before her.

"The Union Island airport's roof is gone ... Barbados was spared a direct hit from Hurricane Beryl, but the island's south coast experienced flooding and there was damage to buildings.

Hurricane Beryl's size and strength completely overpowered the island, as well as its neighbor, St. Vincent and the ...