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Sheryl Lee Ralph happy ‘Beryl’ spared Jamaica much devastation

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Calling for help for the island of Carriacou.

Jamaican-born Hollywood actress Sheryl Lee Ralph is grateful Hurricane Beryl didn’t cause the devastation to the island as some had anticipated.

“It looks like Hurricane Beryl has passed and is running like a Jamaican track star off to another race!” the acclaimed actress wrote in a post shared with X (formerly known as Twitter). 

In the post, she wrote, “Thank you all for your good vibes and prayers. We did not get a direct hit, and we are grateful, but Carriacou needs help.”

Carriacou is a Caribbean island belonging to Grenada. It’s known for its coral reefs and clear, shallow waters. In an accompanying video, Ralph said, “Thank you to everybody for your good vibes and your prayers.”

(Photo: Instagram @thesherylleeralph)

She asked fans to ‘pray for us’ ahead of her son’s wedding in Jamaica amid Hurricane Beryl’s landfall and thanked her followers for “understanding.” Ralph advised that her home in Kingston is on the east coast, adding, “We got scrubbed by the eye of Beryl, but she is on her way, off somewhere else.”

She ended the video by singing Bob Marley’s “One Love” and saying, “Everything is going to be alright. Oh, thank God. I’m praying for sunshine on Saturday.”

The actress has been updating followers leading up to the hurricane’s landfall, saying in a video posted on Wednesday that she had taken in “all of the outside furniture because, you know, those things take flight,” as she encouraged others to “please stay inside,” follow the island’s curfew, and “stay off the road.”

Ralph is currently in Jamaica for her son, Etienne Maurice’s, wedding to his longtime girlfriend, ABC News journalist Stephanie Wash.

(Photo: Instagram @thesherylleeralph)

Maurice, 32, who Ralph shares with her ex-husband, Eric Maurice, has also offered updates on the storm, posting on his Instagram Stories on July 2 that he was “taking a walk” in Kingston and the weather at the time was “beautiful.”

On July 3, Maurice and Wash shared an exclusive update on their wedding with PEOPLE, revealing that they were hoping to move forward with their ceremony no matter what.

“For now, the wedding is still on for Saturday, but we are monitoring things closely,” Maurice and Wash continued.

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