Heavy Rain and strong winds started to impact parts of Tobago on Monday morning. Islanders were bracing for the impact of Hurricane Beryl on Sunday night into Monday morning.
However there were sporadic showers and few incidents. Weather conditions started to deteriorate just after 6PM. Reports of fallen trees and bamboo came from Arnos Vale and Plymouth Road.
There were disturbances in the electricity supply in Eastern Tobago in Castara, Concordia L’anse Fourmi, Belle Garden, Goodwood and Speyside. Guardian Media visited several emergency shelters in Tobago East.
The Manager of the Centre at Canaan said 11 people spend the night at the shelter. She said a family of 10 from the area was relocated to the shelter but left before 6 am.
At the Lambeau centre 4 people spent the night. In Scarborough this morning a handful of people were seen scurrying to seek transport to their places of work or to get home. The Port of Scarborough remained closed, while at the ANR Robinson International Airport a single male passenger arrived around 6 am hoping to book an afternoon flight out of the island.