Hurricane Dean pummels Jamaica Notme

Powerful winds and torrential rains devastated Jamaica Sunday. Now Hurricane Dean's death toll is raised to almost 14 deaths from the central Lesser Antilles, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.Although the prime minister of Jamaica made a call for people to abandon their homes and seek for shelters many ignored it, they're afraid that their assets will be stolen "Too much crime in Kingston. I'm not leaving my home," Paul Lyn said in Port Royal, east of Kingston.In Goldmine, a village in Clarendon, a 44 year old farmer was buried under his collapsed home, and in the St. Thomas parish, in the island's southeastern corner, a girl of only 14 year old was crushed when the roof of her home caved in.Tourists that missed their flights took shelter in Sandals Whitehouse, a resort with hurricane-proof walls. Many of them were worried about their lives or if they're going to see their beloved ones again.Trinice Taylor from California said she wasn't sure if she will ever make it back to her home."I'm celebrating my 40th birthday today, and it's going to be a birthday to remember," she said.The Hurricane was classified as being one of Category 5 by The National Hurricane Center, and that it will have sustained winds of 160 mph.The space shuttle Endeavour will head home a day earlier than projected, as NASA fear that the Hurricane may change its route to north and threaten the mission control in Houston.

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