Kingston locks down as Hurricane Beryl approaches [Video]

Residents of Kingston, Jamaica’s capital, are locking down as Hurricane Beryl makes its approach.

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People on the island say they’re already being hit with increasing wind and rain by the hour.

Now, officials say they’re trying to tend to members of low-lying communities who refuse to evacuate.

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“Water’s coming over,” Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby said Wednesday, speaking from an emergency shelter as Hurricane Beryl bore down on his island nation. “It’s getting very dangerous.”

Across the city, residents packed up for what’s expected to be the strongest storm to come near the island since 1988.

However, in the low-lying community of Port Royal, located in the middle of Bull Bay, Swaby’s government encountered problems as it tried to carry out evacuations.

“I’ve never left. I won’t leave,” one resident said. “I feel safer in my community than to go …