The nation - news from aug. 3, 1989

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Officials warned residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and nearby islands to bolt down everything loose and stock up on food and water as Hurricane Dean rumbled through the


eastern Caribbean. Dean was declared the second hurricane of the Atlantic season when winds picked up to 75 m.p.h., and the National Weather Center in Puerto Rico said it had strengthened to


80 m.p.h. Hurricane warnings were posted for the Leeward Islands from Antigua to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, said forecasters at the National Hurricane Center near Miami. “This


is a dangerous storm and should not be taken lightly,” an official advisory said. MORE TO READ