Three dead, 30 missing as Erika hits Caribbean
Tropical Storm Erika has claimed three lives on the Caribbean island of Dominica and between 25-30 people are reported missing.
Heavy rains have ruins roads and swamped villages and the island’s authorities are focusing on a ‘search-and-rescue mission’ Prime Minisiter Roosevelt Skerrit said.
Weather experts warn Erika could bring up to 12 inches across parts of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the southeast Bahamas into Saturday.
They warn the storm current 45-mph winds could get stronger to become a Category 1 hurricane as Erica approaches South Florida on Monday.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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