Dean Upgraded to Hurricane

The US National Hurricane Center has upgraded Tropical Storm Dean into Hurricane Dean.

Currently on the radar the hurricane is quite large, and is covering a wide area.

Several islands were placed under hurricane watch, facing the threat of hurricane conditions within 36 hours - including warnings for the islands of Dominica and St Lucia.

A hurricane watch for Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saba and St Eustatius, with the expectation that other islands in the vicinity could be added to that list in the next day and a half.

Warnings of a tropical storm within 24 hours were issued for Barbados and a tropical storm watch was in effect for the islands of Montserrat, Nevis, St Kitts, St Maarten and St Vincent & the Grenadines.

The hurricane is expected to bring "large and dangerous battering waves" and extremely large amounts of rainfall in the mountainous areas, possibly triggering flash floods and mudslides.

If Dean stays on its current course, the island of Jamaica is right in its path with predicted winds of over 130 miles per hour. We hope and pray that does not come to pass.

Meanwhile, tropical storm Erin has been downgraded to a tropical depression as it made landfall Thursday morning on the Texas coast.

Comments

[Zario Thompson]

I made a post about my personal experience with the hurricane when it passed by us. Didn't do much to Barbados atleast.