Hurricane Dean Battered Jamaica: they were well prepared

As Hurricane Dean heads on its destructive journey it Battered Jamaica as it heads for its next destination. But although Hurricane Dean whipped across the southern coast of Jamaica, the government was well prepared for the onslaught.

The category 4 storm which is expected to move to a category 5 today hot Kingston, the capitol of Jamaica with winds up to 150mph. Dean downed many power lines, roofs were ripped from the buildings and roads became blocked. However this hurricane that hit in the early hours of the morning could have been a lot worse if the residents were not also well prepared.

The sad fact about Hurricane Dean is that the storm has already claimed 8 lives in the Lesser Antilles, but as fears grow that Dean will move up to a category 5 and hit speeds of 160mph, and then there could be more deaths as it heads to the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Dean will hit the Cayman Islands today and continue on its way to Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula tomorrow.
As a result Mexico are evacuating about 90,000 tourists from Cancun and other islands surrounding Mayan Riviera, also 13,000 workers on are on 140 different oil platforms are also being evacuated for the Gulf of Mexico.

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