Hurricane Dean causes it’s first damage as it hits the islands of St Lucia, the BBC reports :

The first hurricane of the Atlantic storm season is buffeting the islands in the eastern Caribbean. At 0900 GMT, the hurricane’s centre was in the St Lucia Channel between St Lucia and Martinique, heading westwards at 24mph (39km/h). Reports from St Lucia said power was down and many trees had been uprooted. Hurricane Dean, with winds of 100mph (160km/h), is currently a Category Two storm but US forecasters expect it to strengthen over the next 24 hours.

“Buildings are still standing, roofs haven’t come off,” David Wallace in St Lucia told a Miami television station.”But it’s devastating in terms of trees. Almost every tree is down here.”

“There is water in my house. There is water in my room. I don’t know what to do. Everything is shaking, shaking, shaking. It’s truly catastrophic,” a woman said in a phone call to Radio Martinique.

Guadeloupe, Dominica, Antigua, the British and US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico are next on Deans hitlist.

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