Keys get guarded relief as Ivan turns westward
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The only whooshing sound Hurricane Ivan stirred yesterday in the Florida Keys and populous South Florida was a sigh of relief from residents who were no longer fearful that the 150-mph storm would make a direct hit.
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The dreaded hurricane shifted west, giving hope to the Gulf Coast and the fast-emptying Keys, but placing the Panhandle on high alert.
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People who evacuated the Florida Keys were told they could go back Monday as 160-mph Hurricane Ivan appeared to spare them a direct hit and instead took aim at the Panhandle, where residents weren't taking any chances ahead of the killer storm.
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Caribbean islanders are bracing for Hurricane Ivan -- only a few days since Hurricane Frances roared through the region. Ivan is heading for the Windward Islands packing sustained winds of 110 miles-an-hour.
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Monstrous Hurricane Ivan marched Thursday toward Florida. But the forecasted path, which Thursday morning placed the storm over the center of the peninsula, shifted Thursday evening, placing it to an area west of Tampa Bay.
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Away from the ocean, in the Florida Panhandle's interior, the imprint of Hurricane Ivan not only was visible on Friday but also hung pungently in the air.
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Hurricane Ivan is moving through the Gulf of Mexico, with parts of Mexico and the US on severe weather alert.
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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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Apprehensive coastal residents from Florida's Panhandle to Louisiana prepared to flee from massive Hurricane Ivan, which has entered the Gulf of Mexico and is on a collision course with the Gulf Coast.
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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 veered to the north today on a path toward Alabama&#39;s Gulf Coast as inhabitants across a 300-mile-wide danger zone braced for its onslaught, and a new storm gathered strength in the Caribbean.
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MIAMI -- The outlook for South Florida and the Florida Keys improved considerably Saturday as Hurricane Ivan unexpectedly jogged west near Jamaica and forecasters kept moving the storm&#39;s projected track farther over the Gulf of Mexico.
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Hurricane Ivan, with winds of 145 miles an hour, pulled away from Jamaica on Saturday afternoon and continued toward Florida, with the Cayman Islands and Cuba immediately in its sights.
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PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba Sept. 14, 2004 - After slamming western Cuba with 160 mph winds, Hurricane Ivan hardly slowed as it moved into the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, threatening offshore oil rigs and setting off an exodus along the US coast.
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Hurricane Ivan moved steadily toward the Cayman Islands and western Cuba Sunday morning with the potential to cause catastrophic damage.
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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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Carolyn Roberts was ready for heavy wind and rain as the remnants of Hurricane Ivan approached northwest Georgia, but she didn&#39;t anticipate storm-driven sticker shock at the gas pump.