Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Caribbean Faces Increasing Fury of Storms

Inter Press Service: As the Caribbean reaches the end of October - the second-to-last month of the Atlantic hurricane season - Sandy has caused significant material losses and claimed the lives of 44 people in Haiti, 11 in Cuba, two in the Dominican Republic, one in Jamaica and one in the Bahamas. By Monday night, it was picking up speed and was expected to make landfall in New Jersey as one of the largest storms on record. After lashing Jamaica, where it caused flooding and more than 1,000 people sought refuge...

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