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Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as it plodded on an uncertain path that forced millions along an arc of coastline from the Caribbean to Florida, and Louisiana to Mexico to nervously wonder where it would end up.
In Louisiana, still recovering from last week's Hurricane Gustav, Gov. Bobby Jindal set up a task force to prepare for the possibility of a new round of havoc.
Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as it plodded on an uncertain path that forced millions along an arc of coastline from the Caribbean to Florida, and Louisiana to Mexico to nervously wonder where it would end up. Preparations stretched more than 1,000 miles, from normally idyllic island chains through Florida and the Gulf Coast, where people all too familiar with ...
Hurricane Ike is now a Category 4 hurricane, churning with 135 mph winds and frightening those in its path.
For those who live in its path, hurricane season stirs up anxiety even before devastating winds and rains hit land.
Tourists and residents are fleeing the Caribbiean islands of Turks and Caicos as a strengthening Hurricane Ike approaches.
Obama maintains a slim lead over McCain in the first polling conducted, at least in part, following the RNC.
Visitors to the Florida Keys were told to pack up and leave Saturday because of the threat from Hurricane Ike, swirling in the Caribbean.
Hurricane Ike regained strength and howled closer to the Turks and Caicos Islands Saturday, and forecasters shifted Ike's path south enough so that South Florida and the Keys may avoid a direct hit.
Hurricane Ike weakened to a Category 2 storm this morning but is expected to strengthen during the next two days, according to the latest forecast by the National Hurricane Center.
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