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Barbados: CWS situation report: Caribbean - Hurricane Dean

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Source: Church World Service
Country: Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Lucia

SITUATION: Hurricane Dean, hitting the Mexican coast as a Category-5 hurricane yesterday, has been downgraded to a Category-1 storm as it crosses the Yucatan peninsula, though it is expected to strengthen as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico.

In its wake, Dean has toppled hundreds of homes and trees in Mexico and neighboring Belize, as well as causing damage in St. Lucia, Dominica, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Martinique. The death toll from the storm now stands at 13, though no deaths have been reported yet in Mexico.

RESPONSE: CWS is expected to respond to any needs from Hurricane Dean in Mexico through denominational partners.

For further information about disasters to which Church World Service is responding please visit www.churchworldservice.org or call the CWS Hotline, (800) 297-1516.

CWS Emergency Response Program special contacts: (212) 870-3151
Program Director: dderr@churchworldservice.org
International: flumeya@churchworldservice.org
Domestic: lreedbrown@churchworldservice.org


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