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A news item involving Hurricane Beryl was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 5 July 2024.

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Section sizes

Section size for Hurricane Beryl (28 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	5,272	5,272
Meteorological history	21,434	21,434
Preparations	20	36,724
Lesser Antilles	13,343	13,343
Greater Antilles	8,674	8,674
Mexico and Belize	7,846	7,846
United States Gulf Coast	6,841	6,841
Impact	3,958	69,153
Lesser Antilles	1,808	16,218
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4,088	4,088
Grenada	3,196	3,196
Elsewhere	7,126	7,126
Greater Antilles	5,250	5,250
Mexico	1,826	1,826
United States	5,872	37,662
Texas	8,217	8,217
Louisiana	4,322	4,322
Mississippi Valley	6,119	6,119
Ohio Valley	5,692	5,692
Great Lakes	4,187	4,187
New England	3,253	3,253
Canada	4,239	4,239
Aftermath	5,373	5,373
Records	7,883	7,883
See also	819	819
Notes	34	34
References	30	30
External links	1,380	1,380
Total	148,102	148,102

Why did my edit get reverted??

Hey, @Drdpw, can I please know why I got reverted? SomeoneWiki04 (talk) 02:54, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I question whether deaths due to hyperthermia / heat exposure during the Texas power outage should be counted as indirect Beryl fatalities; I see them as a step removed from deaths due to injuries sustained from storm damage and drownings. This I why I reverted the edit and suggested that you open a discussion on the subject on this talk page. Drdpw (talk) 04:24, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright thank you, but would that mean all the 10 deaths due to hyperthermia would be removed? SomeoneWiki04 (talk) 05:51, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another branch article proposal

It just occurred to me that a side article for Beryl’s meteorological history (following standard naming conventions) would plausibly be merited, given its long life, unusual track, early development and many landfalls. So, does the consensus suggest creating the article? KirkCliff2 (talk) 07:01, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Meterlogical history isn’t notable enough for an article in my opinion 2603:80A0:17F0:B60:6977:125E:19C1:60B5 (talk) 22:41, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Splits of these article aren't usually about notability, but size. If the local community determines an article section to be too long, the section would be split into an article. _ZZ^Z 'S 22:56, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would start by adding information that isn’t currently in the article, but is pretty important. Hurricanehink mobile (talk) 23:13, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop reverting the death toll from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

This article uses multiple sources for its death toll. NesserWiki (talk) 07:18, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NesserWiki, according to the reliable source removed from the table there have been six fatalities in SVI. You changed the death toll to eight. However, the referenced article says nothing about the number of faralities. Please restore the former information which is backed by a reliable source, or find another source that supports the claim of eight. Drdpw (talk) 09:56, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

it actually did say something about the deaths, Look at the report, and download it, You can see a table including the number of deaths. SomeoneWiki04 (talk) 13:46, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aftermath of this storm

1.7 million people in Houston were without power on day 2 after this storm. In Galveston, a city fortified against storms like this, WASN'T supposed to be affected by this storm, and was keenly mocked by the "dirty side" of a category 1 hurricane.

On Day 5, my neighborhood finally got power and so did my place of employment. Food was destroyed, business lost, employees can't work and won't get paid. If the store you go to to get your supply has had their supply destroyed too, we're all in trouble.

The cost of this storm is grossly underestimated. Houston chronicle reports that the estimation could be as high as 15 billion.

Is this article only to speak of the damage during? I've never seen a storm do this much damage after it's gone. This is historical!

I've survived hurricane Ike and Harvey, both amazingly damaging storms, but this storm... was supernatural! Jraerocha (talk) 09:30, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We cannot rely on anecdotal evidence and require specific sources (e.g. webpage or news article). Also, the Houston Chronicle may is likely too early (as tallies are completed over the next few months the damage value will increase) and not specialized enough to be used as a source for damage estimates. We are also still building the aftermath section. You may also want to look at the article Effects of Hurricane Beryl in Texas to see if some of your inquiries are covered. ✶Qux yz ✶ 17:25, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, Jraerocha, you might find some good local information that international users might not know about, like the slow pace of recovery in Texas. That's good information, and is often one of the trickier aspects of an article to write later on, trying to catch all of the recovery. As Quxyz said, some of that information might belong in the Texas sub-article. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 18:38, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]