MASSIVE waves generated by a storm 2,000 miles away battered a long stretch of the Pacific coast yesterday, wrecking homes, hotels and restaurants from Peru to Central America.

Hurricane Ivan grew into the deadliest of storms today, packing winds of 160mph as it headed straight for Jamaica and left a devastated Grenada with 20 dead.

An earthquake today shook the flood-hit Dominican border town of Jimani, where torrents of water from a river that spilled its bank killed more than 440 people earlier this week.

Around 100 people died when floods unleashed by torrential rains swept through a small farming town in the Dominican Republic, officials said.

Tropical Storm Odette crept over the Dominican Republic and out to the open Atlantic today after unleashing torrential rains that prompted thousands to flee their homes and left at least two dead.