Jamaica Braces for Hurricane Ivan

NPR | By Michele Norris

Published September 10, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Knolly Moses, a Jamaican freelance journalist, about Hurricane Ivan. The storm is expected to hit Jamaica in full force late this afternoon, and the capital of Kingston lies directly in Ivan's path.

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