Mayreau is one of the smallest inhabited islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It's so small that it's barely visible — a dot on the map of the Caribbean. Hurricane Beryl nearly erased it from the map.

In Beryl's aftermath, the Grenadine islands were reported as “flattened,” “apocalyptic,” “erased,” and “devastated,” words synonymous with erasure and the cornerstone trendy lingo of global disaster management and recovery efforts.

Carimas, Montreal's parade celebrating Caribbean culture, is back this year under a new name. And for many members of the community grappling with the effects of Hurricane Beryl, the festivities were a welcome distraction.

Hurricane Beryl made landfall in the southern part of Mexico Friday morning after a trail of destruction in southern Jamaica and other Caribbean islands.

Those with family and friends in the Caribbean islands hit by Hurricane Beryl are mobilizing to get donations to the countries."My sister, aunts, uncles, grandparents, all their things are basically gone,