(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — Governments ordered schools, airports and even casinos to close and they prepared shelters as Tropical Storm Erika approached the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday. The storm was located about 245 miles (395 kilometers) east-southeast of Antigua and was moving west at 17 mph (28 kph). Maximum sustained winds increased Wednesday morning to near 45 mph (75 kph), but the storm was not forecast to gain strength over the next two days. Erika was expected to move just north of Barbuda late Wednesday as it enters the Caribbean, said Philmore Mullin, director of Antigua and Barbuda’s National Office of Disaster Services. He said the twin-island nation could experience flash flooding given the extremely dry conditions caused by the worst drought to hit the Caribbean in recent years. “This is a serious storm, and they need to make sure preparations are in place,” he said. Authorities in the nearby Dutch Caribbean territory of St.
Tropical Storm Erika Approaches The Eastern Caribbean
Jennifer So, Time: World
Wed, 08/26/2015 - 2:05pm
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