Hurricane Ivan News--Top--

Attempt being made to reduce hurricane's power
Hurricane Ivan Batters Jamaica, Death toll Rises to 37
Extensive Damage and Destruction in Cayman Islands
Grand Cayman: ‘Devastation beyond imagination’
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Evacuations Begin at Drilling Rigs in the Gulf
Voluntary Evacuation Issued for New Orleans
Coastal Alabama Braces for Potential Hit from Ivan
Stronger Ivan Eyes Cuba After Slamming Caymans
Hurricane Ivan Uproots Oil Rigs
Deadly Tornadoes Spawned by Ivan Rip Through Florida
Ivan Kills at least 20, Deluges Alabama Resorts
Victims of Hurricane Ivan begin slow recovery
Remnants of Hurricane Ivan wreck havoc from Virginia to Ohio.
Tornadoes Pound Washington Region
Remnants of Hurricane Ivan pound upstate New York

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Statement as of 2:00 am AST on September 09, 2004

...Extremely dangerous Ivan strengthens into a category 5
hurricane over the south-central Caribbean Sea...

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330 PM EDT SAT SEP 11 2004

DATA JUST RECEIVED FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE
THAT IVAN HAS REGAINED CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY ON THE
SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS FALLEN TO
AN EXTRAPOLATED PRESSURE OF 914 MB AND THE ESTIMATED SURFACE WINDS
HAVE INCREASED TO 165 MPH...270 KM/HR. THESE NEW VALUES OR FURTHER
UPDATES WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEXT ADVISORY.

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Statement as of 11:00 PM EDT on September 12, 2004

...Ivan regains category five strength while heading for western Cuba...
A Hurricane Warning remains in effect for the Cayman Islands.

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Cuba from Pinar del Rio to
Ciego de Avila including the Isle of Youth.