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Major hurricane Ike approaching the north coast of eastern Cuba. All interests in the remainder of the Bahamas... Cuba... And south Florida should continue to monitor the progress of this hurricane. Ike is moving toward the west near 14 mph... 22 km/hr. A west to west-northwest motion is expected tonight and Monday. On this track... the core of the hurricane will move over eastern Cuba later tonight and early monday... and near or over central Cuba later on Monday. Maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph... 195 km/hr... With higher gusts. Ike is a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some weakening is lIkely as Ike moves over eastern and central Cuba during the next day or so. - NOAA Hurricane Ike Approaches North Coast of Eastern Cuba

Eye of Ike passing over Great Inagua Island... All interests in the remainder of the Bahamas... Cuba... And south Florida should closely monitor the progress of this potentially dangerous hurricane. A west to west-southwest motion is expected to continue today with a turn toward the west-northwest expected on Monday. On this track... the core of the hurricane will move through the southeastern Bahamas today and move near or over eastern Cuba tonight... and near or over central Cuba late Monday. Ike is an extremely dangerous category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Fluctuations in strength are possible today and tonight but Ike is expected to remain a major hurricane as it approaches eastern Cuba. Ike is expected to weaken as it moves over eastern and central Cuba on Monday. - NOAA Category 4 Hurricane Ike: Eye Passing Ove Great Inagua Island

Lowell a little stronger...At 800 am PDT... 1500z... The center of tropical storm Lowell was located near latitude 17.2 north... Longitude 108.1 west or about 280 miles... 450 km... west-southwest of Manzanillo Mexico and about 410 miles... 660 km... south-southeast of the southern tip of Baja California. Lowell is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph... 19 km/hr... and this general motion is expected for the next day or so. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph... 75 km/hr... With higher gusts. Some slow strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days. - NOAA Tropical Storm Lowell a Little Stronger

Hanna loses tropical characteristics as it moves through New England...At 500 am EDT... 0900z... the center of tropical storm Hanna was located near latitude 42.6 north... longitude 70.0 west or about 60 miles... 100 km... north of Chatham, Massachusetts and about 350 miles ... 560 km... west-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hanna is moving toward the northeast near 36 mph... 57 km/hr... and this motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 200 miles... 325 km ... mainly over water to the east and south of the center. Estimated minimum central pressure is 995 mb... 29.38 inches. Hanna is expected to produce additional rainfall accumulations of 1 to 2 inches across central to southern Maine early sunday morning... With the rainfall ending across Maine by around sunrise. - NOAA Hanna Loses Tropical Characteristics Through New England

Ike heading for Great Inagua Island in the southeastern Bahamas... At 800 am... 1200 UTC... The government of the Cayman Islands has issued a tropical storm watch for the Cayman Islands. Ike is moving on a motion just south of due west near 14 mph... 24 km/hr. A west to west-southwest motion is expected to continue today with a turn toward the west-northwest expected on Monday. On this track... The core of the hurricane will move through the southeastern Bahamas this morning and move near or over eastern Cuba tonight... And near or over central Cuba late Monday. Ike is an extremely dangerous category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Fluctuations in strength are possible today and tonight, but Ike is expected to remain a major hurricane as it approaches eastern Cuba. - NOAA Category 4 Ike: Bahamas This Morning; Near/Over E. Cuba Tonight

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Potentially dangerous Ike heading toward the Bahamas... A hurricane watch remains in effect for the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas. All interests in the rest of the Bahamas... Cuba... South Florida... and the Florida keys should closely monitor the progress of this potentially dangerous hurricane. Ike is moving toward the est-southwest near 15 mph... 24 km/hr. A motion toward the west or west-southwest is expected tonight and tomorrow... with a general motion to the west expected by Sunday. On this track... Ike could be near the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas early on Sunday. Ike is a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some fluctuations in strength are forecast during the next 24 hours... but Ike is expected to be a major hurricane as it nears the hurricane watch area. - NOAA Potentially Dangerous Hurricane Ike Heads Towards Bahamas

Hanna still just below hurricane strength... Tropical storm watch extended northward... The center of Hanna should cross the southeastern coast of the United States tonight or early Saturday... then move along the mid-Atlantic coast later Saturday and Saturday night. it would only take a small increase in wind speed for Hanna to become a hurricane. - NOAA Hannah Expected to Cross SE Coast of US Tonight/Sat

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At 11:00 am AST... 1500z... The center of hurricane Ike was located near latitude 23.2 north... longitude 57.0 west or about 525 miles... 845 km... northeast of the Leeward Islands. Ike is moving toward the west-northwest near 16 mph... 26 km/hr. A gradual turn toward the west and west-southwest is expected over the next 48 hours. On this track the hurricane will continue to move over the open waters of the west-central Atlantic during the next couple of days. It is too early to determine what land areas might eventually be affected by Ike but interests in the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands should monitor the progress of this system. Ike is an extremely dangerous category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Some weakening is forecast during the next day or so but Ike is expected to remain a powerful hurricane for the next several days. - NOAA Ike is Extremely Dangerous Category Four Hurricane

Hannah continues northwestward and weakens slightly... At 11 am EDT... 15:00 UTC... The hurricane watch is extended northward to Okracoke Inlet, North Carolina. A hurricane watch is now in effect from north of Edisto Beach, South Carolina to Okracoke Inlet. A tropical storm watch remains in effect from Edisto Beach southward to Altamaha Sound, Georgia. A tropical storm warning remains in effect for the central and northwestern Bahamas. At 11:00 am AST... 1500z... The center of tropical storm Hannah was located near latitude 24.5 north... longitude 73.5 west or about 245 miles... 400 km... east of Nassau and about 720 miles... 1160 km... south-southeast of Wilmington North Carolina. Hannah is moving toward the northwest near 12 mph... 19 km/hr... and this motion is expected to continue during the next day or so with a gradual increase in forward speed. A turn to the north is expected by late Friday. Hannah could become a hurricane on Friday prior to reaching the coastline. - NOAA Hannah Could Become Hurricane on Friday

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Cubans returned from shelters to find flooded homes and washed-out roads Sunday, but no deaths were reported after a monstrous Hurricane Gustav roared across the island and into the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico.

Gustav weakens to a depression...Still a flood threat...At 04:00 am CDT...0900z...The center of tropical depression Gustav was Located near latitude 31.7 north...Longitude 93.4 west or about 135 Miles...215 km...Northwest of Lafayette, Louisiana. Gustav is moving toward the northwest near 10 mph...17 km/hr...And a decrease in forward speed with a turn toward the north is expected over the next couple of days. This motion would bring the center of Gustav across western Louisiana and into northeastern Texas later today and tonight.

Gustav is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches over portions of Louisiana...Western Mississippi... Arkansas...Southern Missouri...Southeast Oklahoma...and Northeastern Texas...With isolated maximum amounts of up to 20 inches possible through Thursday.

A few tornadoes are possible over portions of the lower Mississippi Valley today. - NOAA National Hurricane Center

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CENTER OF GUSTAV APPROACHING MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA...A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUST EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS EASTWARD TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN THE FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF GUSTAV WILL TRACK ALONG THE SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE INTO WESTERN LOUISIANA TONIGHT AND EASTERN TEXAS ON TUESDAY. - National Hurricane Center