Hurricane Iris Floods Homes, Blows Off Roofs in Jamaica
Hurricane Iris whirled past Jamaica on Sunday, uprooting trees and flooding homes but sparing the island the full fury of its 85-mph winds as it churned on toward Mexico and Belize.
One man was injured when his house collapsed, and winds of more than 70 mph blew the metal roofs off several houses in southwestern Jamaica, said Barbara Carby, director of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management. Flooding forced about 10 people to flee their homes, she said.
Iris had threatened to strike Jamaica directly, but the center passed to the south of the island. The hurricane warning was dropped and the sun emerged.
Iris was expected to strengthen as it moved toward the Yucatan Peninsula.
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