Hurricane Gonzalo Damages Homes, Injures 12 in Antigua; 5 Missing in Martinique

Hurricane Gonzalo Damages Homes, Injures 12 in Antigua; 5 Missing in Martinique

 

Hurricane Gonzalo was moving through the Caribbean Tuesday morning as a Category 2 storm, disrupting travel across the region, causing structural damage to homes in Antigua and causing the disappearance of five people.
Those five people were said to be aboard boats off the coast of Martinique that either ran aground or were sent drifting into the ocean due to Gonzalo. Search crews from Martinique, Guadeloupe and St. Maarten were scouring the coasts and ocean looking for the missing people, but it wasn't immediately clear exactly where they went missing.
Hundreds of power outages were reported on the north coast of Puerto Rico, but the U.S. territory escaped major damage because Gonzalo's eyewall remained miles off the coast as it passed by.
Antigua and the Leeward Islands took the brunt of the storm on Monday, when Gonzalo was still a Tropical Storm, downing trees, ripping roofs off of homes and causing at least 12 minor injuries on the island nation of around 80,000 people.
Winds, which gusted up to 88 mph, damaged a luxury hotel on the west coast of Antigua, tourists told The Weather Channel.


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