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Hurricane Lenny bears down on
CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands
(AP) — Hurricane Lenny’s winds climbed to
150 mph yesterday after its leading gusts and
rains ripped off roofs, hurled boats onto
shore and flooded homes in the Caribbean
islands as it roared toward the Virgin Islands.
St. Croix and the Virgin Islands were ex
pected to bear the brunt of the storm’s fury.
Officials warned that the storm could spawn
tornadoes and drench the islands with up to
15 inches of rain.
“My yard is completely flooded out, the
telephone lines are whistling and the rain is
beating against the house,” Anthony Lewis
of Frederiksted, St. Croix’s second-largest
town, said. He said he spent the morning
bailing water out of his house.
Hundreds of tourists in the region were
stranded as airlines canceled flights and air
ports closed.
Feeding off the warm Caribbean waters,
Lenny’s winds strengthened to 150 mph yes
terday, making it a Category 4 hurricane ca
pable of extreme damage. That is 5 mph short
of a Category 5 — the highest.
The storm was about 35 miles southeast of
St. Croix late yesterday afternoon, heading
northeast at 9 mph. Hurricane winds extend
ed 70 miles from its center and tropical storm-
force winds another 205 miles.
Lenny’s lateness in the season and easter
ly path left even experienced observers agape.
“It’s unheard of,” veteran meteorologist
John Toohey said on San Juan’s WOSO-AM ra
dio. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime event.”
The storm’s first winds cut power and
telephone service to many St. Croix homes.
It ripped up trees and debris that blocked
roads, kicked up dangerous waves that bat
tered the shore and carried a steady rain that
flooded extensive areas hours before the
main impact was expected.
“All through the night, the police were
busy helping evacuate a number of individ
uals who sought assistance after their mo
bile homes and homes in low-lying areas be
came threatened by flood waters,” St. Croix
police chief Novell Francis said.
Battering waves smashed over the 8-foot
sea wall at Frederiksted, tore away the wood
en fishermen’s pier and a small part of the
concrete Ann Abramson Pier where cruise
ships dock.
A curious tourist who went out to experi
ence the force of the storm was trapped by bat
tering waves and clung to a rock outside a
beach resort for more than an hour before
divers rescued him, authorities said.
A half dozen people suffered fractures
and other injuries when they were hit by
U.S. Virgin Islau
waves on St. Kitts’ concrete pier. Storm
surges in Grenada swept away four houses,
washed away asphalt roads, damaged run
way lights at the airport and flooded roads
and the business district.
U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Charles TUrnbull
declared a state of emergency Tuesday night,
installed a curfew to prevent looting and de
ployed the National Guard. He also asked Pres
ident Clinton to declare St. Croix a disaster area,
making it eligible for federal emergency funds.
In San Juan, the Puerto Rican capital, a
few motorists sped down highways usually
choked with traffic and tooted their horns in
delight after the storm passed.
Officials urged people to be vigilant, since
most hurricane deaths occur after a storm
passes. “These rains can produce life-threat
ening flash floods and mud slides,” the Na
tional Weather Service warned.
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