Lesser Antilles Hurricane Dean

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as hurricane dean approached lesser antilles local meteorological services issued watches , warnings, advising residents prepare storm. hurricane warnings issued st. lucia, dominica, martinique , guadeloupe , dependencies. hurricane watches issued saba , st. eustatius. tropical storm warnings issued barbados, antigua, barbuda, st. kitts, nevis, , st. maarten st. vincent , grenadines, u.s. virgin islands, , british virgin islands. tropical storm watches issued sint maarten, st. vincent, grenada , dependencies, montserrat, , anguilla.


local authorities closed airports, set shelters, , readied emergency service personnel. authorities in martinique canceled memorial victims of west caribbean airways flight 708 , began set shelters. in dominica, tourists evacuated concrete shelters , vast majority of foreign medical students ross university school of medicine evacuated island. government of dominica canceled leave emergency service personnel , evacuated princess margret hospital, fearing roof might vulnerable storm s winds. martinique s main airport , both of st. lucia s commercial airports closed when last airplanes landed on night of august 16 , storm s outer rainbands began sweep on island.


in anticipation of dean s significant damage, several emergency response groups gathered funds , readied personnel. on august 14 caribbean disaster emergency response agency (cdera) placed regional response mechanism on standby , contacted national disaster coordinators of member states in lesser antilles. on august 15 u.s. agency international development (usaid) dispatched teams barbados, dominica, , st. kitts in advance of hurricane provide damage assessment should hurricane affect islands. eastern caribbean donor group convened meeting on august 16 under chair of resident representative united nations development programme barbados in anticipation member states require international assistance.








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