September 11, 2004
Ivan Hammers Jamaica, Expected To Miss Bahamas
The Bahamas is lucky. It appears to be one of the few island nations in the North Atlantic and Caribbean that will not be hit by hurricane Ivan.
In Jamaica, the deadly hurricane came with powerful winds, torrential rains and huge waves on Saturday, tearing away houses and washing out roads before heading toward the tiny Cayman Islands and Cuba.
With winds of 155 mph and a death toll already at 29 -- mostly on the devastated southeastern Caribbean island of Grenada -- Ivan gave Jamaica's 2.7 million people a small, last-minute reprieve when its center took a sudden westward turn.
Posted by admin at September 11, 2004 01:15 PM