As early as the beginning of June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a report stating that the peak of hurricane season would begin in June. In addition, this year's Atlantic hurricane season will be "extraordinary," with the risk potentially as much as three times the usual.

By July, hurricane season had officially begun, and the first hurricane, Beryl, had already formed. According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Beryl strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane with wind speeds of 169 miles per hour (272 km/h), and it struck the Caribbean region, causing severe damage and impact to Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and other places, and will also pose a serious threat to coffee production and exports in the Caribbean region.

According to the National Hurricane Center, the heavy rainfall brought by the hurricane caused life-threatening flooding and landslides in most of Jamaica and southern Haiti. Moreover, due to sustained high winds and rain, roads in many coastal areas of Jamaica were washed out, and officials from the Jamaica Public Service Company also said they were prepared for power outages. As a result, the Jamaican government declared a nationwide state of disaster.

In addition, Hurricane Beryl also caused flooding in Sucre state in northeastern Venezuela, with the cumulative death toll currently at 3, and 4 people missing. The heavy rain brought by the hurricane damaged more than 8,000 houses, of which more than 400 were completely destroyed.

At present, the hurricane center has issued a warning that Hurricane Beryl is about to make landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, thereby affecting Mexico's coastal areas as well as the southern coastal areas of the US state of Texas.Although, based on the current track map of Hurricane Beryl, it will pass through northeastern Mexico, and Mexico's coffee-producing regions are mainly concentrated in the south of the country, the hurricane will not have a direct impact on Mexico's coffee-producing regions.

However, the areas in the hurricane's path may pose a threat to Mexico and nearby regions, because the hurricane will bring strong winds or heavy rain to the areas it passes through, and may trigger large-scale flooding, landslides and other disasters, and may damage local infrastructure, indirectly affecting the output and exports of coffee-producing regions.

In fact, hurricane season has always been a headache for coffee-producing countries in Central America. In 2020, two historic hurricanes, Eta and Iota, caused severe damage to Central American coffee-producing regions at the time, seriously affecting Central America's coffee output and exports at that time.

Normally, the coffee flowering period in the coffee-growing regions of Central America occurs between May and June, while the harvest period runs from October to January. If a hurricane hits during this time, the rainfall and powerful winds it brings are both detrimental to the final yield, and they also affect dock operations in the coastal areas of Central America and the shipping of agricultural products such as coffee, which ultimately exacerbates coffee price volatility.

This year, however, according to forecasts by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, abnormal climate conditions will bring more hurricanes during this year's Atlantic hurricane season. In the past, the average hurricane season produced 14 storms, but this year the number could rise to 17 to 25, and their destructive power will also exceed that of previous years. It is calling on all countries to take preventive measures.