The eastern Caribbean prepared for an unusually early storm and torrential rains.
chugged toward the eastern Caribbean on Tuesday as the region prepared itself for an unusually early storm and the torrential rains that are forecast.
The storm was located some 945 miles east of the Windward Islands and is expected to pummel some eastern Caribbean islands late Thursday at near hurricane strength. Meanwhile, the hurricane center urged people in the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to closely monitor the storm and have their hurricane plans in place.
Up to 10 inches of rain were forecast from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe south to St. Lucia, and up to 4 inches of rain for Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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