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Losing speed: Ernesto drenches Cuba but winds ease

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8/29/2006 7:57:00 PM

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Losing speed: Ernesto drenches Cuba but winds ease

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Reuters via The Irish Times - Aug 29, 2006
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/world/2006/0829/11567912...

Losing speed: Ernesto drenches Cuba but winds ease

CUBA: Tropical storm Ernesto pelted southeastern Cuba with heavy rain
but diminished winds yesterday as it moved over the island on a path
toward Florida's densely populated Miami-Fort Lauderdale area.

The US National Hurricane Center said Ernesto's winds dropped to 75km/h
(45mph) as it moved onshore in eastern Cuba, down from hurricane
strength at 124km/h (75mph) on Sunday. But the storm, which had become
the year's first hurricane on Sunday, could become a hurricane again
over the Florida Straits with winds of about 137km/h (86mph) as it
approaches Florida's southern coast, the centre warned.

Cuba, facing its first big storm in decades without its ailing leader
Fidel Castro at the helm, evacuated 300,000 people from eastern
provinces.

The heavy rains could cause floods and mudslides in eastern Cuba, it
said. Ernesto will possibly emerge off the northern coast of Cuba
tonight or tomorrow morning, it added.

Meanwhile, Florida, storm-weary after being hit by eight hurricanes in
the past two years, prepared for the worst. The state government
declared a state of emergency and tourists were ordered out of the
vulnerable Florida Keys almost a year to the day since hurricane Katrina
swamped New Orleans.

Nasa yesterday called off the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis at
Cape Canaveral in Florida this week because of Ernesto.

C Reuters


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