Residents of Jamaica are bracing themselves for the arrival of Hurricane Beryl, Sheryl Lee Ralph She is asking her followers to pray. Abbott Elementary The star shared the weather updates on the island early Wednesday morning on X (formerly Twitter), where her family has gathered for the wedding of her son, Etienne Maurice, on July 6.
In a video sent to X, Ralph details what the weather is like on the island as it braces for the impact of a Category 4 hurricane – expected to make landfall around noon on July 3, according to the National Hurricane Center.
“Looking at the sky it looks like Beryl will be here a lot earlier than the news reports said,” Ralph, 67, says as she looks out the window. “So it’s very calm in Jamaica, the skies are beautifully clear. And they said the sea looked like glass today.”
Ralph said he had “taken all the outside furniture with us, because you know these things blow away” and encouraged others to obey the island’s curfew, “stay inside” and “don’t go out on the streets”.
“I hope you’ve oiled your lamps and are being extra careful,” she adds. “So to everyone here on the island we remind you that Gilbert was number three and Beryl is number four. Wow. God bless you, good night.”
“Good night from Jamaica. Pray for us as you pray for others,” the Emmy winner captioned the post.
Later, Ralph shared a photo of a fallen tree, explaining that the tree had been “fallen due to Hurricane Beryl,” and had fallen “just a short distance away” from his neighbor’s house.
“I’m thanking God because this would have been a disaster! To all my prayer people, keep it up!!” she captioned the post.
When she couldn’t sleep, Ralph posted another update that she would be watching Netflix’s new superhero series, Supercellwhich he later described as “excellent”.
“I love the idea of superhuman skills that can be used to help the world, like diverting Hurricane Beryl’s course to the south of Kingston so that my son’s wedding this weekend could go off without a hitch,” he said.
Although Ralph was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, her mother was Ivy Ralph Odie, a famous Jamaican fashion designer and creator of the Kariba suit. The actress frequently visits her home in Jamaica, where He received the Honorary Order of Jamaica in 2022 “For her outstanding contribution as an actress, cultural ambassador of Jamaica, and contribution to the international film industry.”
As Ralph revealed, she is in Jamaica with her longtime girlfriend and ABC News journalist Stephanie Wash for the wedding of her son Etienne — whom Ralph shares with her ex-husband Eric Morris — announced their engagement last July After two years of dating.
Etienne, 32, posted on his Instagram Stories on July 2 that he was “taking a walk” on a sunny day in Kingston and that the weather was “beautiful.”
“Hopefully Storm Beryl won’t be as bad as people are thinking, but it will pass,” he said in the video. “Disappointed that some people won’t be able to make it to the wedding, but you know, that’s how life is. It goes on. And we’re getting married on Saturday. So, that being said, Happily Morrissey is still in full effect. Whoever is here will be here. There’s nothing I can do, I’m leaving it in God’s hands.”
Ralph ET was earlier told Speaking about the engagement, he said his son’s would-be bride has “integrated very well into our family.”
“I’m so happy, I’m so inspired, I love it!” he said. “All you can ask for is for your children to be happy at different stages of their lives.”
The actress joked that she wants the same happiness for her daughter, Ivy-Victoria, 29, whom she shares with her ex-husband.
Ralph happily observes that after the wedding, she will finally become “Glamma.”
“We used to call my grandmother Nana, they used to call my mother Grandy, and I used to say, ‘Nuh-uh, Glamma,'” she said. “Glam-mom, Glamma who works [too]They can say that. I’ll be a g-mother, yes.”
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