8A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 12, 1996 NATION/WORLD Hortense whirls SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Hurricane Hortense smashed the island of Grand Turk with torrents of rain and 90-mph winds yesterday as it picked up speed and headed toward the United States, leaving 14 dead in its wake. It was the third direct strike in two days for Hortense, which pounded Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic on Tuesday. Search helicopters found four more bodies yesterday in Puerto Ric afternoon thunderstorms th more of the flash floods and m responsible for most of the 12d this U.S. commonwealth. Authorities in the Do Republic found two bodies y bringing the death toll forI islands to 14, half of them( Many others were missinga sumed drowned. The hurricane hit Grand T through Gri o, where p.m., lashing the capital of the British reatened island chain with gusts up to 90 mph udslides while churning up the Atlantic Ocean deaths in with 105-mph winds. Because tele- phone lines were down on the island, minican it was impossible to determine esterday, whether there were any deaths or and Turk the two children. and pre- 'urk at 2 I * I I Free billiards. Satellite sports Retro Rock Dance Night w/DJ Chuck Food & drink specials. Drink specials all night. $1 Cover College Night. Contests! $1 Pitchers Ann Arbor's Biggest No cover w/student ID 21+ Modern Rock Dance Parties C9XTPARTY!Y Fri. Sept. 13- injuries. Rains and winds preceding the hurri- cane knocked out power and telephone service to the island of 3,200, leaving residents without state television or radio. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said there was a slight chance the hurricane would cross the Bahamas and come within 65 miles of West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce on Florida's east coast tomorrow. . But forecasters think it's more likely a weather trough in the mid-Atlantic states will keep the hurricane offshore, pushing the storm north and possibly targeting the Northeast and New England by Sunday. Also yesterday, a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch for Hurricane Fausto were in effect in the Pacific Ocean south of La Paz on the southern tip of Mexico's Baja' Peninsula, the National Weather Service said. Maximum sustained winds were reported at 86 mph with strengthening expected. Gusts were reported as high as 103 mph. Hortense's sheets of blinding rain did the most damage in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, when highways that had been transformed into rivers swept away cars and rivers burst their banks, carrying away people and destroying more than 650 homes. Power and water supplies were cut across most of this island of 3.6 million people. A third of the affected residents had their power back by yesterday morning. Overnight Tuesday, about 1,000 people were stranded on rooftops along a 15-mile stretch of beachfront highway running west from the capital of San Juan, the U.S. Coast Guard reported. The rooftop refugees were spotted by helicopter pilots, but they could not help for fear of getting tangled in power lines, Petty Officer Tim Lavier said. The people were in no danger and came down when flood waters receded, he said. Many San Juan houses still were knee-deep in water yesterday. Highways were strewn with abandoned cars, while water and downed trees made many roads impassable. ,a. , v... .,, _ .. .:: :: ,,. : , ....,w. _ ,.. .;< i ... , We put out once a year AP PHC Residents of the Ocean Park neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico make their way through flooded streets yesterday after Hurricane Hortense struck the area. Mass Membership Meetin and WE WANT YOU tobea part of it Questions? Call the yearbook office at 764-0561 Sunday, September 15, 1996 @3:Opm Alumni Center-200 Fletcher Street Free Food, Prizes, & Fun Questions Call: 763-9755 Senior Portraits e5ept.16-20 and Sept. 23-270 (First floor, Michigan Union) 9:00-12:00 & 1:00-5:00 1-800-969-1338 call to make an appointment Check out our Web page: http://www.umich.edu/~umalumni/ ' .r. OEM