Home
Hurricane still spiralling through Caribbean
Tajikistan News.Net
Sunday 7th September, 2008
Hurricane Ike has roared across the low-lying Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, causing people to seek refuge in shanty towns.
The ferocious Category 4 storm engulfed the tiny islands, packing howling winds.
Grand Turk, the capital of the Turks and Caicos, is home to about 3,000 people, and has little natural protection from the sea and expected storm surge,
With the winds forcing through at 145 miles an hour, the storm then headed for Great Inagua, the southernmost island in the Bahamas archipelago.
People on the sparsely populated island which is home to about 1,000 people and thousands of pink flamingos, locked down in a local church.
Ike's massive gray wall of clouds was last moving just south of due west at about 15 mph.
Cuba, still recovering from a devastating hit by Category 4 Hurricane Gustav last month, is directly in Ike's projected path.
 Email this story to a friend
Have your say on this story
|
 |
 |
- Joshna in final of NSC Super Satellite squash
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 20 (IANS) India's Joshna Chinappa, the top seed, entered the final of the NSC Super Satellite No.4 squash tournament defeating Siti Munirah Jusoh of Malaysia in four games at the National Squash Centre, Bukit Jalil, here Thursday. [read story]
- Mark Robinson appointed CEO of Citi South Asia
Mumbai /Hong Kong, Nov 20 (ANI/ Business Wire India): Mark Robinson has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Citi South Asia. Based in Mumbai, he will lead Citi's significant banking franchise in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and also join the Asia Pacific Executive Committee. Robinson succeeds Sanjay Nayar, who is leaving the firm to pursue other opportunities. [read story]
- Strong start for Gangjee at Hong Kong Open golf
Hong Kong, Nov 20 (IANS) Indian golfer Rahil Gangjee, desperately needing a good finish to secure his 2009 Asian Tour card, opened with a two-under 68 that placed him at tied 16th on the first day of the UBS Hong Kong Open here Thursday. [read story]
- Asian markets resume slide amid mounting US financial woes
Tokyo, Nov 20 (DPA) Asian stock markets took heavy losses Thursday, reflecting widespread gloom about US economic troubles and another bad day on Wall Street. [read story]
- Sensex joins Asian sell-off, slides 5 percent on global recession fears
Mumbai, Nov 20 : The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)'s Sensitive Index (Sensex) tumbled more than five per cent on Thursday, led by losses in top-listed Reliance Industries and financial stocks, joining the rest of Asia in a broad sell-off after U.S. markets plunged. [read story]
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
