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Sheryl Lee Ralph<\/a> is feeling blessed after Hurricane Beryl passed through Jamaica.<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Abbott Elementary<\/a><\/em>\u00a0star took to X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday to share an update, after <\/span>asking for prayers<\/a> for the island nation ahead of the storm’s landfall. Ralph and her family are currently in Jamaica ahead of her son Etienne Maurice’s wedding on July 6.<\/span><\/p>\n “It looks like the hurricane Beryl has passed and is running like a Jamaican track star off to another race!” the actress wrote. “Thank you all for your good vibes and prayers. We did not get a direct hit and we are grateful but Carriacou needs help.”<\/span><\/p>\n The post also included a video of Ralph celebrating the “return of peace” to her home in Kingston, on the east coast of the island.<\/span><\/p>\n “We don’t have any lights, there is no power. But we have life,” she praised.\u00a0“We got scrubbed by the eye of Beryl, but she is on her way, off somewhere else.”<\/span><\/p>\n The always-musical Emmy winner concluded her video by singing lyrics from\u00a0<\/span>Bob Marley<\/a>‘s “One Love,” and keeping her fingers crossed for favorable conditions for the wedding.<\/span><\/p>\n “Oh, thank God,” she said. “I’m praying for sunshine on Saturday.”<\/span><\/p>\n Etienne — whom Ralph shares with her ex-husband, Eric Maurice —\u00a0<\/span>announced his engagement<\/a>\u00a0to ABC News journalist Stephanie Wash last July\u00a0after two years of dating, and it’s no surprise that they chose to celebrate their nuptials in Jamaica.<\/span><\/p>\n Although Ralph was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, her mother was Ivy Ralph O.D., a beloved Jamaican fashion designer and the creator of the kariba suit. The actress frequently returns to her home in Jamaica, where\u00a0<\/span>she received an Honorary Order of Jamaica in 2022<\/a>\u00a0for her “sterling contribution as an actress, cultural ambassador of Jamaica and for contribution to the international film industry.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n