At 11 a.m. ET Saturday, Dean
was in open water south of Puerto Rico, 565 miles east-southeast of
Kingston, Jamaica, and 210 miles south-southeast of Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, the National Hurricane Center said.
The storm's maximum sustained winds neared 150 mph with higher gusts,
putting it at Category 4 intensity. It was moving north-northwest at
about 17 mph. Hurricane-force winds extend 60 miles from the center of
the storm, the hurricane center said.
The Jamaican government issued a hurricane warning late Saturday
morning, meaning hurricane conditions are expected within 24 hours, the
U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Forecasters fear Dean will be a destructive Category 5 monster packing 155 mph winds by the time it reaches Jamaica.
Cayman is very close in proximity to Jamaica, right in the path of Hurricane Dean, and anything that hits Jamaica will hit Cayman. The Cayman Islands, west of Jamaica, are under a hurricane watch, meaning hurricane conditions were expected within 36 hours.
Preparations were underway in the Cayman Islands, just back to normal after being devastated by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Governor of the islands Kurt Tibbetts, said
Friday. "Take no chances. Don't second guess."
More on this Hurricane if we live through it.
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