The hurricane brought heavy rains and flooding to Venezuela, and forced 64 families out of homes when rivers overflowed their banks, a government official said Friday. In Trinidad, widespread flooding triggered landslides that cut off the only access road to two east coast communities, marooning hundreds of residents, Mayor Eustace Nancis said. The damage came as the island nation still was recovering from Ivan, which last year killed 39 people and left a wasteland of ruined buildings. "From there, it looks like the storm will start to track a little bit to the north, close to the Mexican-Texas border, Tuesday or Wednesday."Įmily struck hard in Grenada, especially in the north and in the outlying islands of Carriacou and Petit Martinique. "Emily will remain in the Caribbean over the weekend, possibly making landfall over the Yucatan Peninsula sometimes late on Sunday or early Monday," said CBS News Meteorologist George Cullen. Last year, three catastrophic hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Jeanne tore through the Caribbean with a collective ferocity not seen in years, causing hundreds of deaths and billions of dollars in damage. "Ivan was pretty nasty, and I'm scared to go through that again," said the retired police officer. In Grand Cayman, Texan Carolyn Parker, said she was more apprehensive than she's ever been in 20 years as a resident of the Cayman Islands. Heavy rains drenched southeast Dominican Republic and officials warned boatmen there to stay in port, saying that coastline could expect waves higher than 10 feet. It was moving west-northwest near 18 mph. "I'm confident we can handle this thing with good prevention work."Įmily was centered about 130 miles south-southwest of the Jamaican capital and 335 miles southeast of Grand Cayman Saturday morning. Surge Flooding near Buxton, NC associated with Hurricane Emily, August 31, 1993. The area hardest hit by Emily in North Carolina was the city of Buxton, with storm surge, along with a rainfall amounts. In addition, officials cut power to Hatteras Island, due to fears that downed power lines could start a fire. "We're trying to anticipate things, so we don't get caught rushing around later," President Vicente Fox said Friday. In Eastern North Carolina, Hurricane Emily damaged 553 homes beyond repair. Mexican officials declared a hurricane watch and advised tourists to evacuate much of the country's Caribbean coast including the resort of Cancun but stopped short of ordering the move. meteorologist Stacy Stewart called a "very rare Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean Sea in the month of July." But it regained strength a few hours later, making it once again what U.S.
The storm was blamed for at least one death in Grenada that of a man whose home was buried under a landslide.Įmily's winds had decreased to about 115 mph Friday evening after reaching a high of 135 mph earlier in the day. Grenada still recovering from the devastation of last year's Hurricane Ivan declared a national disaster Friday, a day after Emily's winds tore up at least 100 homes, tore roofs from 2,000 more, destroyed crops and flooded scores of buildings.
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