Ike and flamingos by Livia Cseresova

Hurricanes strike again. Now one of the most watched, or even most dangerous is hurricane is Ike, which roared across low-lying island and pushed down Cuba. It damaged homes, brought even more water (from rain) to waterlogged communities in Haiti, where 48 more people dies because of it.

Ike caused thousands of people’s evacuation to shelters or higher ground in Cuba or Bahamas. In Florida, people were worried that this hurricane could hit them on Tuesday.

But as mentioned, Haiti had trouble with it too, Ike killed there at least 48 people. This number adds up to total 306 deaths in four tropical storms in less than a month. As for the other islands, on some of them the strongest winds are still blowing, so it is too early to say what is with them in the case of deaths.

According to Janice McKinney, Bahamas’ Great Inagua Island was seriously hit by hurricane, which managed to peel plywood from the windows of a church, which was a shelter for approximately 50 people.

From another Great Inagua shelter, which is hiding about 85 people, reserve police officer Henry Nixon said that “All we can do is hunker down and pray.“

The island of Great Inagua has approximately 1,000 people and 50,000 West Indian flamingos, which is the largest breeding colony in the world. Biologist worried that the unique environment of the flamingos would be damaged after the storm.

Greg Butcher, bird conservation director for National Audubon Society said: “There's a possibility that the habitat can't really be replaced, and that they can't find an equivalent spot. You might have a significant drop in the number of flamingos.“

by Livia Cseresova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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