High waves crash over Barbados as Tropical Storm Bret hits eastern Caribbean

Barbados was battered with near-hurricane strength winds as Tropical Storm Bret moved across parts of the eastern Caribbean’s Lesser Antilles island group. Meteorologists noted the weather pattern was unusually early and aggressive for the Atlantic cyclone season that formally began on 1 June. It is only the second hurricane to form in the tropical Atlantic in June since record keeping began, according to forecasters