St. Lucia declares state of emergency – CMC

St Lucia’s Prime Minister Stephenson King today declared a state of emergency as St. Lucia struggles to recover in the aftermath of what he described as the worst natural disaster in the history of the island.

The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) reported King as saying that while the damage caused by Hurricane Tomas, when it struck over the weekend has been conservatively estimated at in excess of US$100 million,