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Hurricane Maria flattens Dominica: “we need help, we need help of all kinds”

Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 09:04 UTC
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The British Overseas Territory of Dominica has suffered “widespread damage” from Hurricane Maria, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced. “We have lost all that money can buy,” he said in a Facebook post. The hurricane suddenly strengthened to a “potentially catastrophic” category five storm, before making landfall on the Caribbean island. Read full article

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  • gordo1

    Dominica is NOT a British Overseas Country. It became totally independent from Britain in 1978.

    Sep 21st, 2017 - 06:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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