00:00welcome back in the Caribbean region Jamaica Haiti Dominican Republic Bahamas and Cuba are
00:13bracing for the impact of now Hurricane Melissa with winds of over 125 km per hour former tropical
00:20storm Melissa has just been upgrade to hurricane it is now located 345 km south of Jamaica with
00:27a sluggish west and north progression but early next week it might become a her category 5 hurricane
00:32but regardless of its category when this is expected to bring catastrophic amounts of rain
00:38which pose a serious risk for flash flooding and landslides across portions of Jamaica southern
00:43Dominican Republic and southern Haiti the National Hurricane Center has forecast 25 inches of rain for
00:48parts of Jamaica and up to 35 inches of rain for southern Haiti through next week
00:57we walk Cuban civil defense intensified security measures in the east of the country and come
01:04away as Hurricane Melissa approaches the civil defense general staff establish an alert phase
01:09starting at 3 p.m. local time Saturday in all eastern provinces although it is maintained close
01:14attention to the storms development as it threatens the island's territory precisely in the east work
01:19is on the way with trip running to work cleaning and evacuation strategies civil defense ministry said
01:24the main objective is to protect people's lives as well as material resources animals and agricultural
01:31products and Hurricane Melissa has left at least four dead and a dozen injured in Haiti most of the
01:41fatalities being caused by a landslide in Fontamara photo prints well for this issue an orange alert in the
01:47southeastern departments of the country due to the impact of the weather event the Ministry of Civil Protection of the Caribbean
01:53nation is carrying out protection and evacuation operations due to heavy rains and the risk of
01:57flooding in the insular areas of the country they also report that these rainfalls caused the
02:02Saint Martin River to flood in the west of the country and the destruction of several homes in the northwest in Puerto Pei
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