Hurricane Ivan Lashes Caymans, Jamaica

NPR | By Jennifer Ludden

Published September 12, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Relief operations get under way in the wake of Hurricane Ivan, which has brought destruction to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The storm remains at Category 4 strength as it heads westward. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Ernest Pate of Pan American Health Organization.

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