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Saturday 18 August 2007

Shuttle Home Early Over Hurricane Fears

Sky News Headline; says: 'Nasa has ordered the space shuttle Endeavour back to Earth a day early because of fears that Hurricane Dean might disrupt flight operations. The shuttle is now due to leave the international space station on Sunday, with a landing set for Tuesday.

The Foreign Office is advising Britons against all non-essential travel to Jamaica as Dean looks set to be upgraded to a category five storm - the highest level. It has already killed three people and islands in the region have been lashed by 120mph winds.Winds of 150mph are expected when it passes Jamaica on Sunday - where emergency plans are being put into place - and heads towards Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. It is then expected to pass through the Gulf of Mexico, where 4,000 oil and gas platforms are located.