Swells Lash St. Maarten & St. Martin

This photo, from Sunset Beach Bar's webcam, was taken before the road between Maho and SSBB was closed.

15-foot swells from a big North Atlantic storm some 2500 km from the island brought in the swells, which caused Orient Beach to be closed for a time and beachfront restaurants to be deserted. Little damage of significance and no injuries have (yet) been reported. Things are expected to return to normal Friday (today).

St. Maarten Weekly News has a lead story on the storm Monday.

"St. Maarten and St. Martin Weekly News" and "Timesharing in St. Maarten Email Forum" Move To RSS Feeds

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