| Caribbean Braces For Hurricane |
By BBC Caribbean
August 16, 2007
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| Hurricane Dean is bearing down on the Eastern Caribbean and is expected to make landfall on Friday morning. |
The government in Dominica have sent home all non-emergency staff as the country braces itself for a hit from the hurricane.
St. Lucia and Martinique are also on high alert.
Dean is presently a category one |
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| hurricane but forecasters at the US national hurricane centre in Miami say it is expected to strengthen over the next two days. |
| Almost the entire Eastern Caribbean is either on a tropical storm or hurricane watch. |
| In Dominica, a senior disaster preparedness official, Cecil Shillingford, said islanders had been advised to take necessary precautions from Thursday. |
| The acting Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Stephenson King, was due to chair a meeting of emergency management officials in Castries. |
| Forecasters expect this year's Atlantic hurricane season to be busy, with as many as 16 tropical storms, nine of them strengthening into hurricanes. |
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