Sunday, August 21, 2011

ARTICLE - HAITI - RED ALERT ISSUED

RED ALERT ISSUED AHEAD OF TS IRENE, POSSIBLE HURRICANE
(Defend Haiti) -

PORT-AU-PRINCE - On Sunday, the National Meteorological Center (NJC) issued a Red Alert as Saturday night the strong tropical wave became a tropical storm named Irene.

The path of the system is projected to threaten all of the Greater Antilles, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba and Puerto Rico. The NJC found the storm to have a great potential to become a category 1 hurricane before reaching the Dominican Republic and traversing the island into Haiti, in the next 2 days.

A vigilance level of red has been issued by the National Risk Management and Disaster (PNGRD) which warns of a persistent threat of heavy rain, gale force winds, risks of landslides and floods.

The departments of the Sud, Sud Est, Grand-Anse, Nippes, Ouest, Centre, Artibonite have been given instructions:

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