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1. The National Weather Center in Miami reports that at 15:00 GMT today, the centre of Tropical Storm Odette was located near latitude 21.3 north, longitude 68.8 west or about 150 miles / 240 km east of Grand Turk island. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph / 75 km/h with higher gusts.

2. According to the Comisión de Emergencia

...AIR FORCE PLANE FINDS A 50 MPH TROPICAL STORM...

AT 10 AM EST...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS EXTENDED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING EASTWARD TO ISLA SAONA. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM ISLA SAONA WESTWARD.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAITI AND JAMAICA. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR JAMAICA MAY BE DISCONTINUED

...ODETTE MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD HISPANIOLA...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAITI AND JAMAICA...AND FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WEST OF SANTO DOMINGO.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR EASTERN CUBA LATER TODAY.

A disturbance was upgraded to Tropical Depression 20 early Thursday morning and by last evening it has strengthened to become a tropical storm.

Defying most computer models, Odette was moving to the right or more eastward, that what the models were predicting.

At 7 o'clock this morning Odette continued moving towards Hispaniola where tropical storm warnings were in effect

The NOAA National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., reports that at 10 a.m. EST the center of Tropical Storm Odette was located near latitude 14.2 north, longitude 74.2 west or about 290 miles southwest of Isla Beata on the south coast of the Dominican Republic. Odette is moving

Dec 5, 2003, 16:00 pm

Jamaica, Dec 5, 2003 (ODPEM) - The Meteorological Service has discontinued the TROPICAL STORM WARNING for Jamaica as Tropical Storm ODETTE picks up speed and continues to move away.

At 4:00 p.m. the centre of Tropical Storm Odette was located near latitude 15.0 degrees North, longitude 73.6 degrees West, or about 440 kilometres southeast of Morant Point, Jamaica.

The Tropical Storm is moving towards the northeast at 19 km/h and this general motion is expected to continue during the next 24 hours. This motion could bring the centre near the southern

...ODETTE CONTINUING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAITI AND JAMAICA.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WEST OF SANTO DOMINGO...THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND THE TURK AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

TROPICAL STORM WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED FOR EASTERN CUBA LATER TONIGHT.

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), has been advised by the Meteorological Service that the island will be affected by outbreaks of showers and thunderstorms as a result of disturbed weathers. These showers are expected to continue during the course of today, bringing a high potential for flooding in low-lying and flood prone areas.

Flooding has been reported in the following areas:

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- The Road leading from Fern Gully into Ocho Rios. The alternate route is through Breadnut Hill

- The Town of Ocho Rios is also flooded

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