Hurricane Beryl in Jamaica, as South Florida community sends help NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

As Hurricane Beryl tears through the Caribbean, leaving a trail of destruction behind, Jamaica is now bracing for impact.

Islanders scrambled to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean.

The Global Empowerment Mission is working tirelessly to collect donations. And with more than 300,000 Jamaicans living in South Florida, they’re rallying together to send aid back home.

Jamaicans living on the island spoke to NBC6 as the storm made landfall Wednesday. Cedric McDonald lives in Kingston, the capital, and said he’s worried for the country.

“We’re very anxious in Jamaica and on the edge, as you would say,” McDonald told NBC6.

Much of his family live in South Florida, but flights were all booked out by the time the storm intensified.

“They kept calling me and WhatsApping me and said, ‘why don’t you try and …