Red alert: Tropical Cyclone IKE-08 Category 4 affected 1.2 million people with wind speeds of hurricane strength or stronger in Dominican Republic, Turks Caicos Is..
Submitted by administrator on Sat, 06/09/2008 - 16:00.
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Tropical Cyclone IKE-08 of Saffir-Simpson Category 4 affected 14.9 million people with winds above 39mph (63 km/h) and 1.2 million people with hurricane wind strengths (74mph or 119 km/h). In addition, 30 thousand people are living in coastal areas below 5m and can therefore be affected by storm surge.
