Ivan clips Cuba, roars toward US
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Packing sustained winds of 160 mph and whipping up monstrous waves, Hurricane Ivan&#39;s eye brushed Cuba&#39;s sparsely populated western tip yesterday and barreled north toward the US Gulf Coast.
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BULL BAY, Jamaica - Hurricane Ivan strengthened to a rare Category 5 storm capable of catastrophic damage as it left Jamaica and aimed for the Cayman Islands with winds reaching 165 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Saturday...
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands Sept. 13, 2004 - A strengthened Hurricane Ivan headed toward the tip of western Cuba with 160 mph winds Monday after pummeling the Cayman Islands with flooding that swamped homes and fierce winds that ripped off roofs.
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While the Cayman Islands remain under a hurricane warning, Hurricane Ivan is now moving on to a date with western Cuba. &quot;Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion,&quot; warned the
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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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After slamming western Cuba with 160 mph winds, Hurricane Ivan hardly slowed as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico today, threatening offshore oil rigs and setting off an exodus along the US coast.
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Hurricane Ivan roared into the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, spurring evacuations along the US coast and shutting down some oil production after ripping off roofs and downing trees and power lines when it grazed western Cuba.
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Weather forecasters say Hurricane Ivan has entered the Gulf of Mexico after brushing the western tip of Cuba Monday. Satellite images show Ivan is on a path that will take it toward the southern Gulf coast
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Hurricane Ivan pummeled the Cayman Islands with floodwaters that swamped homes and fierce winds that ripped off roofs, then strengthened to an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm as it headed for western Cuba on Monday.    The hurricane, one of the strongest on record to hit the region, killed at least 65 people across the Caribbean before reaching the Caymans and threatens millions more people in its projected path...
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SAN JUAN Y MARTINEZ, Cuba -- Continuing its deadly rampage through the Caribbean, Hurricane Ivan swept across the famed tobacco-growing region of southwestern Cuba yesterday, packing 160-mile-per-hour winds and gigantic waves and churning a path toward the Gulf of Mexico.
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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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NEW ORLEANS - Stragglers streamed toward higher ground Wednesday on highways turned into one-way evacuation routes and surf started eroding beaches as Hurricane Ivan roared toward the Gulf Coast with 135 mph wind and its outer bands darkened the sky.    Ivan could cause significant damage no matter where it strikes, as hurricane-force wind extended up to 105 miles out from the center...
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Powerful Hurricane Ivan, the latest in a busy storm season, rushed over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday and threatened the eastern Caribbean Windward Islands.
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GEORGETOWN, Cayman Islands - Hurricane Ivan skirted Grand Cayman with winds near 250 km/h today, uprooting trees, bursting the banks of canals and flooding some homes on the island as it churned toward Cuba.
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Hurricane Ivan continued on Saturday toward Florida, with the Cayman Islands and Cuba immediately in its sights.
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Hurricane Ivan, leaving a trail of  battered islands and at least 68 dead in a rampage across the  Caribbean, churned closer to Cuba on Monday with 160-mph winds,  on a path that could take it to U.S. shores.
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PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba  - Deadly Hurricane Ivan  ripped off rooftops, downed trees and power lines and flooded  coastal areas as it grazed the western tip of Cuba on Monday  and headed toward U.S. Gulf shores.