Tusi se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - Sa faaauau pea ona valoia e le National Hurricane Center, o le a faateteleina le malosi o le afā ma oo atu ai i motu. I le avea ai ma Afā o Dean
ina ua latalata mai le sami, na amata loa ona sauniuni atunuu o le motu i le tele o gaoioiga. I le aso 14 o Aokuso, na tuu ai e le Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) lana Regional Response Mechanism i le tulaga o le sauniuni ma faafesootaʻi le National Disaster Coordinators o sui uma o setete i le Lesser Antilles. I le aso 15 o Aokuso, na auina atu ai e le U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ni vaega i Barbados, Dominica, ma St. Kitts a o leʻi oo i le afā, ina ia iloilo le tele o mea ua faaleagaina pe afai e oo atu le afā i na motu. I le 11 pm AST Aukuso 15 (0300 UTC Aukuso 16) o malo taʻitasi o St. Lucia, Martinique, Saba, St. Eustatius, ma Guadeloupe ma ona faalagolago na tuuina atu asiasiga o afa ma le malo o Netherlands Antilles na tuuina atu se asiasiga o afa o le teropika mo le motu o St. Maarten, e pei ona faamoemoeina-Tropical Storm Dean e faateleina i le malosi o le afa ma oʻo atu i le Windward Islands i totonu o le 36 itula. Na faalēaogāina e le pulega i Martinique se faamanatuga i ē na maliliu i le vaalele a le West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 ma amata ona faatuina ni fale e sulufaʻi ai.