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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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Section sizes

Section size for Hurricane Beryl (28 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	5,354	5,354
Meteorological history	21,435	21,435
Preparations	20	36,465
Lesser Antilles	13,112	13,112
Greater Antilles	8,676	8,676
Mexico and Belize	7,849	7,849
United States	6,808	6,808
Impact	4,594	69,065
Lesser Antilles	1,808	16,236
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4,088	4,088
Grenada	3,196	3,196
Other islands and Venezuela	7,144	7,144
Greater Antilles	5,254	5,254
Mexico	1,826	1,826
United States	5,879	36,916
Texas	7,618	7,618
Louisiana	3,746	3,746
Mississippi Valley	6,216	6,216
Ohio Valley	5,977	5,977
Great Lakes	4,188	4,188
New England	3,292	3,292
Canada	4,239	4,239
Aftermath	5,486	5,486
Records	8,033	8,033
See also	911	911
Notes	34	34
References	30	30
External links	1,328	1,328
Total	148,141	148,141

Aftermath of this storm

1.7 million people in Houston were without power on day 2 after this storm. In Galveston, a city fortified against storms like this, WASN'T supposed to be affected by this storm, and was keenly mocked by the "dirty side" of a category 1 hurricane.

On Day 5, my neighborhood finally got power and so did my place of employment. Food was destroyed, business lost, employees can't work and won't get paid. If the store you go to to get your supply has had their supply destroyed too, we're all in trouble.

The cost of this storm is grossly underestimated. Houston chronicle reports that the estimation could be as high as 15 billion.

Is this article only to speak of the damage during? I've never seen a storm do this much damage after it's gone. This is historical!

I've survived hurricane Ike and Harvey, both amazingly damaging storms, but this storm... was supernatural! Jraerocha (talk) 09:30, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We cannot rely on anecdotal evidence and require specific sources (e.g. webpage or news article). Also, the Houston Chronicle may is likely too early (as tallies are completed over the next few months the damage value will increase) and not specialized enough to be used as a source for damage estimates. We are also still building the aftermath section. You may also want to look at the article Effects of Hurricane Beryl in Texas to see if some of your inquiries are covered. ✶Qux yz ✶ 17:25, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, Jraerocha, you might find some good local information that international users might not know about, like the slow pace of recovery in Texas. That's good information, and is often one of the trickier aspects of an article to write later on, trying to catch all of the recovery. As Quxyz said, some of that information might belong in the Texas sub-article. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:38, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of aftermath, it's probably lacking for Carib countries. Information can be found here at ReliefWeb, which has a repository of links to various relief agencies. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 03:26, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are there updates on the damage toll?

I've heard estimates as high as 32$ billion in the U.S., but I haven't found any sources other than AccuWeather to back this up. NesserWiki (talk) 10:07, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm just wondering if there's any estimate that is accurate, because 6$ billion seems awfully low. NesserWiki (talk) 10:07, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I made an error by putting the dollar sign after the number, instead of before, sorry. NesserWiki (talk) 10:08, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In my defence, I'm quite tired. NesserWiki (talk) 10:08, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The NOAA lists Beryl's cost at $6 billion currently so I would not update it now. Also, if you notice a minor error within one or two minutes after posting a reply, I would just edit your comment. ✶Qux yz ✶ 13:02, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The damage toll needs to be updated

6 billon is too low of an estimate, the AccuWeather estimate of 28-32 billon is much more accurate, all things considered. NesserWiki (talk) 21:38, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We're discussing this at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#AccuWeather for damage estimates. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 21:40, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, okay. Good. NesserWiki (talk) 21:50, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, Debby said $28 billion on AccuWeather. Joseph Ca98 (talk) 11:37, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The death toll of Beryl needs to be updated everywhere on Wikipedia.

Another death is all. Direct. I am currently fixing this. There actually were not 70. It was 71. Just saying. Joseph Ca98 (talk) 19:39, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a reliable source for that? _ZZ^Z 'S 19:47, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]