Hurricane moves on east Caribbean

by urbano411 | August 16, 2007 at 07:08 pm

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Dean has top sustained winds of 100mph (160km/h), making it a Category Two hurricane.

A hurricane warning has been issued for Martinique, Guadeloupe and other French dependencies, and also for Dominica and St Lucia.

The hurricane centre was some 305 miles (490km) east of Martinique at 2100 GMT.

A tropical warning remains in several other islands of the Lesser Antilles, and a tropical storm watch is in place in the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the NHC says.