Tropical storm Irene heads towards Dominican Republic

[tawadi]

Source: bbcnews.com

Tropical storm Irene heads towards Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic has issued a hurricane alert as a tropical storm closes in on its southern coast.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said tropical storm Irene could turn into a hurricane before making landfall.

They expect it to pass near Puerto Rico and make landfall in the Dominican Republic on Monday.

Haiti, where hundreds of thousands of people still live in tents after last year's earthquake, could also be hit.



Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14609786

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. Damn. I was just there. Beautiful people, country, food, and rum

And music. Lots and lots of music. And dancing.

[Chemisse]

3. That sounds nice. I hope they are spared (and Haiti too!).

[tawadi]

4. The article does state Haiti may be hit

Then again, the mountainous terrain of The Dominican Republic could break up the hurricane (we will hope).

[spotbird]

2. And Haiti, but they don't matter. nt