Ernesto strengthens, aims at Jamaica
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Gathering strength over the central Caribbean, Tropical Storm Ernesto steamed toward Jamaica Saturday and threatened to enter the Gulf of Mexico within days as the first hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season.
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Hurricane Ivan roiled waves two storeys high and tore up power lines, trees and roofs as it grew to fearsome strength Friday, but it stalked Jamaica&#39;s coast and is unlikely to make the expected direct hit, meteorologists said.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane Ivan lashed Jamaica with monstrous waves, driving rain and winds nearing 155 mph Saturday, killing at least five people as it washed away homes and tore roofs off houses and trees from the ground but unexpectedly spared the island from a direct hit.    In the storm's wake, authorities in hard-hit Grenada found another eight bodies, raising the toll on the island to 34 dead and the toll across the Caribbean to 50...
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Tropical Storm Ernesto neared hurricane  strength as it closed in on the U.S. East Coast on Thursday,  threatening North and South Carolina with heavy rains and large  waves.
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Hurricane Ivan was pounding Jamaica with relentless strong winds and torrential rains on Saturday as it continued its path of destruction across the Caribbean, leaving a trail of death and destruction.
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Though it probably won't become a hurricane again, Ernesto has picked up strength and will bring heavy rains to south Florida and the Carolinas, forecasters say.
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Ernesto took aim at the Carolina coast on   Thursday threatening heavy rains and huge waves, as the storm's   winds gathered momentum after leaving Florida and swirling out   over the Atlantic Ocean.
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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, Sept 11  - Walls of waves crashed into seaside towns as deadly Hurricane Ivan lashed Jamaica with winds of 240 kilometers (150 miles) per hour Saturday and threatened to grow stronger, with millions more people in its projected
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ST. GEORGE&#39;S, Grenada - Hurricane Ivan took aim yesterday at Jamaica after killing 23 people in five countries and devastating Grenada.
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Waves two-stories high crashed on Jamaica's eastern shore Friday, flooding homes and washing away roads as Hurricane Ivan's ferocious winds and pounding rains began to lash the island and threatened a direct hit on its densely populated capital. The death toll elsewhere in the Caribbean rose to 37.
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Ivan bore down on Jamaica on Friday with deadly winds and monstrous waves, after leaving Grenada a wasteland of flattened houses and twisted metal and setting off a frenzy of looting...
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Tropical Storm Ernesto sloshed rather than slammed ashore &#151; surprising forecasters by failing to strengthen Tuesday as it approached Florida and providing relief to hurricane-weary residents.
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Hurricane Ivan pounded Jamaica with heavy rains and winds exceeding 155 mph as the intensifying Caribbean storm skirted the island&#39;s southern and western coasts today and advanced on a path that could bring it close to Florida by Monday.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto neared hurricane   strength as it closed in on the U.S. East Coast on Thursday,   threatening North and South Carolina with heavy rains and large   waves.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hurricane Ivan lashed Jamaica with giant waves and winds nearing 155 mph early Saturday, but as panicked residents braced for a direct hit, the storm unexpectedly wobbled and lurched west, possibly sparing the island the worst of its fury.    The change in course could be good news for hurricane-weary Florida, since Ivan may now head off into the Gulf of Mexico...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Waves two-stories high crashed on Jamaica's eastern shore Friday, flooding homes and washing away roads as Hurricane Ivan's ferocious winds and pounding rains began to lash the island and threatened a direct hit on its densely populated capital. The death toll elsewhere in the Caribbean rose to 33...
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MIAMI -- Forecasters say Hurricane Ivan is still on track to hit Jamaica Friday as a dangerous Category 4 storm. At 8 pm EDT, the center of Ivan was 325 miles southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, moving west-northwest at 13 mph.