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Indonesia extends logging ban to save rainforest

Hurricane Sandy claims first fatality in Jamaica

Sapa-dpa | 25 October, 2012 09:56
Jamaicans shelter themselves from the rain of approaching Hurricane Sandy as they walk along Sandy Park Gully in Kingston
Jamaicans shelter themselves from the rain of approaching Hurricane Sandy as they walk along Sandy Park Gully in Kingston October 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy raced toward the southern coast of Jamaica on Wednesday and is expected to make landfall later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. A hurricane warning was in effect for both Jamaica and Cuba, although forecasters said Sandy is expected to be a weak Category One hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity, with winds topping out at 80 mph (130 kph).
Image by: GILBERT BELLAMY / REUTERS

At least one person was killed as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on Wednesday in south-eastern Jamaica near Kingston with winds of up to 135 kilometres per hour.

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Cleveland Scott, 74, died when a landslide caused a boulder to fall on his house in Bedward Garden near the capital, The Gleaner newspaper said, citing police. The storm also ripped off roofs and uprooted trees in some areas.

More than 1,000 people fled to emergency shelters across the Caribbean island nation, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management told the newspaper. More were expected as the rains continue overnight, it said.

Sandy triggered hurricane warnings across Jamaica as well as the eastern provinces of Cuba, the Miami-based US National Hurricane Center said.

The storm was due to hit the eastern coast of Cuba early on Thursday before heading towards the Bahamas, the centre said.

Haiti and the east coast of the US state of Florida were expected to be hit by the weather system at tropical storm strength, the centre said.

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