Meterologists say Hurricane Ike has strengthened to an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm with winds of more than 200 kilometres per hour.
It is bearing down on Cuba, Haiti and the low-lying Turks and Caicos islands near the southern Bahamas. Havana rejected a US offer of aid for victims of Hurricane Gustav and called for a loosening of Washington's embargo. Tropical Storm Hanna made its way across the southeastern US, battering the coast with waves, rain and wind. Hanna made landfall Death toll from Tropiclal Storm Hanna set to rise sharply ...
New Orleans empties as Hurricane Gustav approaches ...
Branching out ... on the North and South Carolina coastline after leaving up to 500 dead on the Caribbean island of Haiti. Flooding and landslides are expected to leave as many as 200,000 inhabitants with little or no food and water.
(Deutsche Welle)
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