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September 10, 2004: Headlines: COS - Grenada: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Hurricane: NBC6: Peace Corps Checking On Volunteers In Grenada
Peace Corps Checking On Volunteers In Grenada
Peace Corps Checking On Volunteers In Grenada
Peace Corps Checking On Volunteers In Grenada
POSTED: 1:37 pm EDT September 10, 2004
ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada -- The Peace Corps is checking on three volunteers in Grenada -- who haven't been heard from since Hurricane Ivan hit the Caribbean island.
According to the U.S. Embassy in Barbados, a Peace Corps official is taking a boat today to a remote northern area of Grenada, to find the volunteers.
Images: Hurricane Ivan Pummels Caribbean | Ivan Devastates Grenada
Most of the homes on Grenada suffered heavy damage from the storm. Twenty-two people on the island were killed.
More than 100 Caribbean soldiers have arrived on the island to help restore order -- and more are on the way.
Looting has broken out in the capital -- and people are reportedly being terrorized by prisoners who escaped from an old prison destroyed by the storm.
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Story Source: NBC6
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