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 ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) - Simeon Simon gazes up at the mist-shrouded mountains of Grenada's lush interior in one direction and out toward the emerald-blue sea in another — all from the middle of his kitchen.
The 60-year-old mason lost his zinc roof when Hurricane Ivan slammed into the tiny island in September. Slowed by a shortage of building materials and job commitments, he's racing to put up something stronger in time for the 2005 hurricane season, which officially began Wednesday.
Still battered from an onslaught of catastrophic storms last year, Caribbean countries are bracing for another hurricane season that experts warn could bring more trouble to a region made vulnerable by lingering damage, poverty and environmental decay.
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