The spirit of Yuletide has set in. The messengers are pouring in from different directions from the globe to be part of the celebrations. They are flying from Australia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Paloma has been upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane and is expected to pass near the Cayman Islands late tonight or early Saturday. Forecasters are saying that it may even reach Category 3 by that time.

With just three weeks left in the official 2008 Hurricane Season, a rogue storm has formed off the coast of Nicaragua and is now a Tropical Storm. Paloma could be making her way into the West side of Cuba by Sunday.

The United Nations is providing assistance to a number of countries in the Caribbean that have been badly affected by recent severe weather.