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The Atlantic hurricane season has officially
started on 1 June. The number of hurricanes forecast continues to rise every year. It is predicted that there will be 15 named storms in 2008, four of which are expected to be severe - that is, category 3, 4 or 5.
The Red Cross is working to identify challenges and analyse operational constraints that could affect the hurricane response, as a follow-up to a 2007 meeting that focused on the analysis of contingency plans and coordination.
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 5 September 2008
Haiti: Red Cross Red Crescent in action
Tropical storm Hanna is causing havoc in northern Haiti only days after the country was hit by Hurricane Gustav. A tropical storm warning is in effect from Port au Prince to Haiti’s northern border with the Dominican Republic. Heavy rain and strong winds from the storm are currently affecting the Nord and Nord West regions, especially Artibonite.
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 4 September 2008
Cuba: Early warning saves lives in “worst hurricane in 50 years”
As clean-up teams finish removing the remains of fallen trees in Havana’s main streets, Tony, a Red Cross volunteer, remarks: “They have just about finished cleaning up here - imagine what it must have been like in Pinar del Río”. Pinar del Río is the province hardest hit by the hurricane. Of the 100,000 homes destroyed by Gustav, 70,000 are in Pinar del Río, where some 500 schools were also damaged.
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 1 September 2008
Gustav: Red Cross preparations enable fast response
Hurricane Gustav, a category three storm carrying winds of up to 185 kilometres an hour, has now hit the North American coast. The storm has already killed 96 people in several Caribbean countries and is now threatening millions of people in the US state of Louisiana and other areas along the Gulf of Mexico.
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 1 September 2008
Red Cross shelters thousands as Gustav approaches
With Hurricane Gustav expected to hit the US Gulf Coast shortly, around 1,500 people have already sought refuge in 100 American Red Cross shelters in the affected area. "We’ll be there, and we're prepared to help," said Joseph Becker, senior vice president of disaster services for the American Red Cross.
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