Ivan puts islands off limits
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All holidays to Grenada and the Cayman Islands and some packages to Jamaica have been cancelled for the forseeable future as a result of the devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan.
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Description: Hurricane Ivan, the worst storm to hit the Caribbean in a decade, spared Jamaica the brunt of its force. But the storm is gaining strength as it heads for the Cayman Islands and Cuba.
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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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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands  - Hurricane Ivan  lashed the tiny Cayman Islands with ferocious winds and driving  rain on Sunday after devastating Jamaica and Grenada in a  deadly trek through the Caribbean.
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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 140 mph wind.    Nearly 200 miles wide, 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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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Hurricane Ivan grew back into a 115 mph Category 3 hurricane early Tuesday as it heads toward the southern Windward Islands.
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BULL BAY, Jamaica - Hurricane Ivan lost some strength as it bore down on the Cayman Islands and Cuba Sunday but was still capable of causing tremendous damage with winds near 155 mph. Ivan has killed 56 people across the Caribbean so far this week, including 34 in Grenada and 11 in Jamaica...
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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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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 26--Mother Nature is a relentless force, and nowhere is that better displayed than along North Carolina's coast. Wind and surf tirelessly reshape the islands, or try to, with little mere mortals can do to stop them.
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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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Hurricane Ivan carved a path of destruction through the Southeast with winds reaching 130 miles an hour.
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Hurricane Ivan pummelled 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 today.
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NEW ORLEANS - More than a million people in southern Louisiana have been told to get out of the way of Hurricane Ivan. An area of the Gulf Coast stretching from New Orleans to Florida is preparing for the arrival of Ivan.
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Powerful Hurricane Ivan has laid waste to the tiny spice island of Grenada, flattening or badly damaging countless homes and cutting power, officials said on Wednesday as the storm charged west through the Caribbean.
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Hurricane Ivan grew in power yesterday as it headed for Cuba after pummelling the Cayman Islands. There were unconfirmed reports of two deaths on the low-lying Grand Cayman, the largest of the group.
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Hurricane Ivan is on the move and so are hundreds of thousands of residents along the Gulf Coast. This mammoth storm is now taking aim at the Southern United States.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. - Hurricane Ivan spun off deadly tornadoes, swamped streets in storm-weary Florida and battered and bruised the Alabama coast, but largely spared Mississippi, Louisiana and especially vulnerable New Orleans...