Joining us now from Kingston, the prime minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holes. >> Uh, Mr. . Prime Minister, thank you for joining us today.>> You you say that you're worried about the island's ability to withstand this storm. Explain exactly why. Well, there there's no island in the Caribbean, in fact, this entire region where the infrastructure could withstand a category 5 hurricane without significant damage.Uh we went through Berry last year. Uh we had a an impact with barrel that was a category 4 and we had ...

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