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• Hurricane Ike roars across Cuba
The edge of Hurricane Ike looms over Havana' s harbor on Sunday. Sept. 7: The succession of dangerous tropical storms and hurricanes in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean is leading some to wonder if man-made pollution is making a bad season worse ...
• Hurricane fatigue’ sets in as Gulf Coast eyes Ike
Forecasts show Ike, which weakened to a Category 2 early Monday, bearing down on Cuba and skirting Key West early Tuesday on a trek to the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, on its way to a landfall late in the week somewhere between the Florida ...
• Oil rises in Asia as Ike threatens Gulf of Mexico
Early Monday, Ike was a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds near 120 mph (193 kph), located about 30 miles (48.3 kilometers) east of Punto de Sama on eastern Cuba's coast, and moving west at 14 mph (22.5 kph)
• Cuba declines U.S. disaster team after Gustav
Residents of La Palma, Cuba, unload roofing provided by Cuba's government to repair damaged homes after Hurricane Gustav hit. Cuba's former President Fidel Castro said in an essay that repair efforts could cost billions, requiriing more than $350 ...
• Cuban-born forecaster leaves emotion outside
Born in Cuba, always fascinated by tropical weather, Lixion Avila immigrated to the United States and rose through the ranks at the National Hurricane Center near Miami.