Napier man in Caribbean as violent storms hit
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When Napier man Matthew White moved to the Caribbean to work seven months ago, he expected an idyllic paradise with plenty of sun, palm trees, beautiful lagoons, and white sand beaches, however he never planned for one of the storms of the century.
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Tropical Storm Noel brought heavy rain and flooding to the Dominican Republic yesterday and officials said at least 20 people had died.
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Jamaica was battered by its worst natural disaster in half a century yesterday as Hurricane Ivan inflicted howling winds and floods from torrential rain and gigantic waves on the island.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane Ivan slammed coastal areas of Jamaica with waves two-stories high and torrential rains, but the mighty storm shifted tack and may now spare the island the worst of its fury. The death toll elsewhere in the Caribbean rose to 37...
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Tropical Storm Jeanne headed over the  southeastern Bahamas on Saturday after an assault on the  Dominican Republic that killed 11 people, destroyed hundreds of  houses and forced thousands from their homes.
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Hurricane Ivan tore down trees, blew off roofs, knocked out power and forced hundreds of people to evacuate coastal areas as it pounded the tiny islands of the southeastern Caribbean on Tuesday.
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Hurricane Ivan pounded Jamaica with heavy rains and winds exceeding 155 mph as the intensifying Caribbean storm skirted the island&#39;s southern and western coasts today and advanced on a path that could bring it close to Florida by Monday.
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Drenching rains and high winds lashed Jamaica on Friday as Hurricane Ivan roared closer, after ravaging Grenada and killing 27 people on a track that could make
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A rare December tropical storm causes floods and landslides in the Caribbean, killing at least 13 people.
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The eastern Caribbean island of Barbados was under a storm alert as powerful Hurricane Ivan raced across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Caribbean on Sunday.
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WILLEMSTAD, Curacao  - Gusty winds knocked down trees and stinging rain flooded streets in the Netherlands Antilles on Sunday as Hurricane Felix passed north of the Dutch Caribbean islands, intensifying rapidly over warm waters.
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(CBS/AP) The leading edge of Hurricane Ivan was kicking up heavy rain and winds off Jamaica&#39;s eastern tip Friday morning and a large storm surge flooded roads there, a radio station reported.
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Ivan, the latest in a series of punishing storms to hit the Caribbean this year, smashed into Grenada with "hellacious winds" that reduced concrete homes to rubble and sent the island's red zinc roofs fluttering through the air...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica  - Powerful Hurricane Ivan  roared into Jamaica with huge waves, drenching rains and deadly  winds on Friday and sporadic shooting erupted in the  near-deserted streets of the capital as looters went on the  prowl.
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TYPHOON Meari lashed Japan&#39;s southern islands today with heavy rains and winds that injured one man and reportedly killed another, and prompted authorities in Taiwan to issue a warning of rough seas.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Waves two stories high crashed on Jamaica's eastern shore yesterday, flooding homes and washing away roads as Hurricane Ivan's ferocious winds and pounding rains began to lash the island and threatened a direct hit on its densely populated capital. The death toll elsewhere in the Caribbean rose to at least 33.
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Tropical Storm Jeanne became a hurricane  on Thursday, raising the threat to the Dominican Republic,  Haiti and hundreds of islands in the northern Caribbean.