<P> Among the leading cultural artists of the island are Youth Waves, music band; Isidore "Mighty Dow" York, kaisonian, panman; Roland Richardson, Impressionist painter; Ruby Bute, painter; Nicole de Weever, dancer and Broadway star; Lasana M. Sekou, poet, author, independence advocate; Clara Reyes, choreographer; and Tanny and The Boys, string band music group . </P> <P> Public buses are the primary mode of transportation for visitors staying on the island . Traffic on the island has become a major problem . Long traffic jams between Marigot, Philipsburg and the airport are common . </P> <P> In recent years sargassum weed has arrived on the south ("Dutch") shoreline, but the northern French coast is generally free of the weed . </P> <P> Because the island is located along the intertropical convergence zone, it is occasionally threatened by Atlantic hurricane activity in the late summer and early fall . </P>

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