Dean sparks panic buying Jamaicans crowded supermarkets and hardware stores yesterday snapping up food, water, flashlights, batteries and other emergency items as powerful Hurricane Dean moved slowly across the central Caribbean with Jamaica firmly in its sight.
Hurricane Dean affects air, sea travel plans A nasty category-four hurricane took aim Sunday at some of the most popular vacation destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico. Jamaica and the Cayman Islands were in Hurricane Dean’s direct path, and the Yucatan Peninsula south of Cancun looked like it was next. Airlines, including Northwest, Spirit and [...]
DEAN’S COMING! Jamaica braces for hurricane hit Deadly and dangerous Hurricane Dean has Jamaica in its firing line and predictions from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, are that the storm will hit Jamaica later this evening. Duty forecaster at the Meteorological Services, Evon Thompson, said yesterday: “The system is on a track towards [...]
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Jamaica braces for Dean Hurricane Dean barreled across the eastern Caribbean Saturday and took aim at Hispaniola, Jamaica and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, with forecasters saying it could turn into a monster Category 5 storm within 72 hours. With sustained winds near 150 mph, Dean left behind floods, debris and at least three deaths on the [...]
Dean nears Category 5 strength, continues along forecast track A Hurricane Watch remains in effect for Jamaica as dangerous Hurricane Dean continues to strengthen while heading towards the island. This means that hurricane conditions still pose a possible threat within 36 hours. At 4:00 a.m. the centre of Hurricane Dean was located near Latitude 15.1 [...]
Dean on Course The island’s emergency response agencies were yesterday put on full alert as the country braced for what is likely to be a direct hit from Hurricane Dean. Dean, which yesterday morning pounded the Eastern Caribbean islands of Martinique, Dominica and St Lucia, last night strengthened to a category four hurricane and was [...]
Brace for ‘Dean’ With the possibility that Hurricane Dean could be in Jamaica’s territorial waters by Sunday, the Meteorological Service has advised fishers and other marine operators that weather conditions are expected to steadily deteriorate during the next 48 to 72 hours. As such, they have been urged to commence preparations to evacuate if the [...]
Hurricane Dean blasts into Caribbean Hurricane Dean uprooted trees, tore down power lines and ripped the roof off a hospital in St. Lucia on Friday as it raced into the Caribbean on a track that could take it near Jamaica as a dangerously powerful storm next week, officials said. On the nearby French island of [...]
Mission gone from music If music is truly a religion, as said by Jimmy Hendrix and Ziggy Marley, then reggae music of yesteryear would be a prayer while dancehall is yet to be defined. Reggae music can be heard in any part of the globe, whether it is a little pub in Papua New Guinea [...]