WITH Florida firmly in its sights, Hurricane Jeanne bore down on the Bahamas with violent winds and drenching rains last night threatening more destruction on islands still recovering from Hurricane Frances.

A revitalised Hurricane Jeanne was tonight on a path for the Bahamas and then on to the Atlantic coast of Florida, a state still reeling from three earlier storms.

Police banged on doors to wake up people whose homes flooded as Hurricane Frances tore through the Bahamas today with violent winds that ripped apart roofs, shattered windows and snapped trees. At least one man was electrocuted in the storm.

Howling winds from Hurricane Frances toppled trees and left a path of destruction across the Bahamas capital Nassau today as it headed for Florida.

Hurricane Frances has ploughed through the sparsely populated southeastern Bahamas, unleashing ferocious winds and waves before it weakened slightly and moved towards the island chain’s main towns of Nassau and Freeport.

A Northern Ireland-based contractor has been commissioned to outfit two of the world’s most luxurious cruise ships.

Gardaí in Co Galway have arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with an aggravated burglary near Barna over the weekend.

Gardaí in Salthill in Co Galway are appealing for information in connection with a violent robbery on an elderly woman today.