KINGSTON: Jamaica braced for Hurricane Ivan overnight (NZT) after it devastated Grenada and killed up to 27 people in the Caribbean, on a track that could make it the third hurricane in a month to hit Florida.

Half a million Jamaicans were urged to evacuate low-lying areas, including around the capital, Kingston, as heavy rain from the weakened but still-ferocious storm began to fall. In the Florida Keys, tourists streamed out of the 160km island chain in long traffic lines.

Full Article : stuff.co.nz