The Hurricane has Gone, but Now There Is No Water, No Power, No Food. . . Every Store Is Looted. Who Will Help Us Rebuild Paradise? ; Terrifying Storms Ravaged the Tropical Paradise of Grenada, but Worse Will Come Unless Water, Power and Law Are Restored, Review

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The winds dropped, dark clouds broke and watery sunshine lit up Grenada.

For the past few hours our tranquil paradise had been churned, battered and lashed by Hurricane Ivan, leaving complete destruction in its wake. But within two minutes the Caribbean spice island fell silent and still while the eye of the storm hovered above us.

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The Hurricane has Gone, but Now There Is No Water, No Power, No Food. . . Every Store Is Looted. Who Will Help Us Rebuild Paradise? ; Terrifying Storms Ravaged the Tropical Paradise of Grenada, but Worse Will Come Unless Water, Power and Law Are Restored, Review

Looking out of my living-room window, I witnessed a scene I can only compare to a nuclear holocaust the devastating wreckage of houses which looked as if they had been pounded by a succession of bomb blasts.

The house behind ours, a small, concrete bungalow, had most of its roof missing. Debris was scattered all over the ground: twisted sheets of corrugated ...

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