Hurricane Ivan Churns Toward Caribbean
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Caribbean on Monday, packing sustained winds of 115 mph and threatening to hit Barbados and other islands, after it strengthened from tropical storm status with unusual speed.    Residents rushed to install storm shutters and schools remained closed in Barbados, where the Category 3 storm - the fourth major hurricane of the season - was expected to hit late Tuesday...
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Ivan strengthened to a Category 5  hurricane, sweeping toward Jamaica on Thursday after killing at  least 20 people in the tiny spice island of Grenada.  Ivan, packing sustained winds of 160 mph, was heading  north-northwest from the south Caribbean and "could still  intensify a little more this morning," the U.S. National  Hurricane Center said.
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Hurricane Ivan strengthened to a rare Category 5 storm capable of catastrophic damage, leaving Jamaica and aiming for the Cayman Islands with winds reaching 165 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Saturday. Ivan has killed 56 people across the Caribbean so far this week, including 34 in Grenada and 11 in Jamaica.
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PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba  - Powerful Hurricane Ivan  churned northward into the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday on a track  for the U.S. coast after ripping off roofs and downing trees  and power lines as it brushed past western Cuba.
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Hurricane Ivan, the most powerful storm to strike the Caribbean in a decade, closed in on Jamaica Friday bearing sustained winds of 145 mph and threatening widespread destruction in one of the region's most popular tourist destinations before it rumbles into Cuba and storm-battered Florida later this weekend.
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Hurricane Ivan, one of the fiercest Atlantic storms recorded, has grown even more powerful and is heading toward Cuba after it pummelled the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Grenada, killing at least 65 people.
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad  - Hurricane Ivan tore  down trees, blew off roofs, knocked out power and forced  hundreds of people to evacuate coastal areas as it pounded the  tiny islands of the southeastern Caribbean on Tuesday.
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands  - Hurricane Ivan, one  of the fiercest Atlantic storms recorded, grew even more  powerful and headed toward Cuba Monday after pummeling the  Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Grenada on a track that eventually  will bring it to the U.S. coast.
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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Packing ferocious winds, Hurricane Ivan made a direct hit on Grenada Tuesday, blasting apart scores of homes and forcing hundreds of evacuations before growing even stronger as it moved in Jamaica's direction...
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Hurricane Ivan strengthened to 265 kilometres per hour Friday afternoon, as it left Jamaica and aimed for the Cayman Islands, a rare Category 5 storm capable of catastrophic damage, the US National Hurricane Center in Miami
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Stores and schools closed, radio stations broadcast warnings and Barbadians readied their homes as Hurricane Ivan charged across the Atlantic on Monday toward Barbados and the Caribbean's eastern islands.
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PINAR DEL RIO - Hurricane Ivan churned north into the Gulf of Mexico yesterday on track for the United States, after ripping off roofs and downing trees and power lines as it brushed past western Cuba.
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PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba  - Powerful Hurricane Ivan  churned into the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday on a track for the  U.S. coast after ripping off roofs and downing trees and power  lines as it grazed western Cuba.
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Hurricane Ivan, one of the fiercest  Atlantic storms recorded, grew even more powerful and headed  toward Cuba on Monday after pummeling the Cayman Islands,  Jamaica and Grenada, killing at least 65 on a track that could  take it to the U.S. coast.
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The center of Hurricane Ivan passed to the south of the Cayman Islands, and appears headed for a direct strike on Cuba. The storm has killed more than 50 people as it passes through the Caribbean.
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Hurricane Ivan could continue to strengthen even after growing into a rare category five storm. Ivan is swirling in the Caribbean after making a deadly pass over Grenada.
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Powerful Hurricane Ivan charged west  through the Caribbean on Wednesday after killing at least four  people and smashing homes in a devastating punch to the tiny  spice island of Grenada and glancing blows to nearby islands.