Monday, October 29, 2012

French Citizens Reported Missing in Caribbean due to Hurricane Sandy





It looks like Hurricane Sandy is not just affecting the Eastern United states anymore; Officials say at least six French citizens boating in the Caribbean are missing after they disappeared during Hurricane
Sandy's storm swell.
The French Transportation Ministry told the Sipa news agency on Monday that the group of six was believed to have disappeared on Sunday while between the islands of Martinique and Dominica.
Sebastien Roux of the Antilles-Guyane rescue service says the group left in a motorboat on Sunday for a music festival in Dominica and was supposed to return on Monday.
Roux says "people close to them grew worried when they didn't show up". An aeroplane and helicopter have joined the search for those missing, but Roux says it is also possible the group took shelter in a port.
Martinique was under an alert for rough seas as Hurricane Sandy continued wreak havoc in the ocean. The storm caused widespread flooding and wind damage in the Caribbean and is blamed for at least 69 deaths.



Carrigan Davis

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