51.   As a result ... there were heavy showers over the extreme eastern sections of the island this morning.

52.   As this band continues to move to the west ... Clouds and showers will diminish over the eastern sections and increase over the western sections of Puerto Rico.

53.   Behind the northeastward-moving storm, scattered showers moved across the Carolinas, eastern sections of Tennessee and Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware.

54.   By early morning, scattered showers had begun to move into the Virgin Islands and were poised to affect eastern sections of Puerto Rico.

55.   Decreasing evening cloudiness with a slight chance of showers, becoming fair by midnight with a slight chance of showers overnight over the eastern sections.

56.   During the night and early tomorrow morning, isolated to widely scattered light showers will move across the Virgin Islands and eastern sections of Puerto Rico.

57.   East of the Rockies, rain was scattered across eastern sections of Montana and Wyoming and into the Dakotas.

58.   Eastern sections of the island will see much of the effects of marilyn...With northeast puerto rico in danger of recieving the full force of marilyn.

59.   Especially the U.S. Virgin Islands and eastern sections of Puerto Rico with showers, thunderstorms and gusty winds.

60.   If the two sides split, the eastern section will likely become even more poor, isolated and embittered.