Evening star

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of a high-pressure area over

the United States and the low

pressure at the hurricane’s

outer edges.

Hurricane warnings were

changed to gale warnings for

some of the Banama Islands.

U. S. Promises Help

Dr. Phlleppeau said Haiti

had been promised helicopters

from the United States to help

in surveying the damage and

“we are waiting to hear when

they will come. We must survey

the area before we can organ

ize our aid.”

He said most Haitian towns

were ravaged by floods, build

ings were unroofed or shat

tered, and most of the country

looked like a sodden trash heap.

South Florida interests were

warned to keep in close touch

with future hurricane bulletins.

Winds of 75 miles an hour

were reported today at Santi

ago, on the Auth coast of

Cuba, and Punta Lucrecia on

the north coast. Serious flood

ing appeared certain over the

eastern part of Fidel Castro’s

Communist island.

The hurricane roughened

the seas from the north coast

of Jamaica to the Bahamas

and the southeast Florida

coast, keeping small craft

anchored in port.

At Nassau sounds of saws

Bahamas, the sounds of saws

and hammers could be heard

throughout the night as homes

and business houses were

boarded up.

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1963). Washington, D.C., 1963-10-05. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1963-10-05/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1963-10-05.