Hurricane en route to Mexico; aid needed for quake survivors in Peru

Hurricane Dean is heading towards Mexico after ravaging through the Caribbean. So far, six deaths have been attributed to the Category 4 hurricane and damage from it caused Jamaica to declare a state of emergency.

Nearly 100,000 people were evacuated from the state of Quintana Roo while hundreds packed Cancun’s airport in an effort to leave before the hurricane is expected to land early Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile, rescue efforts were called off earlier today in Peru as there is little chance in finding any survivors of last week's deadly earthquakes. Now the main focus has been to deliver assistance to survivors though that as been a challenge for inland areas whose infrastructure was decimated by the tremors as well as some who have criticized the Peruvian government for lack of organization.

Nevertheless, we continue our appeal for you to please provide donations for Peruvian earthquake relief. There are several ways in which you can do so, and they are listed in this post we published yesterday.

Sources- Guardian UK, Bloomberg, CNN, Christian Science Monitor, BBC News, Voice of America, Reuters UK, The Latin Americanist

Image- BBC News (Hurricane Dean’s 150 mile-per-hour winds gushed through Kingston, Jamaica over the weekend)