Hurricane Beryl claimed the lives of at least nine people in the US and 11 in the Caribbean. The small islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines were especially hard-hit. Host Carol Hills speaks with a hotel manager on the island of Bequia to find out how people there are coping with the aftermath of the storm.
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