Killer Ike hits Cuba after lashing Bahamas, Haiti
(AP) - Hurricane Ike roared onto Cuba Sunday after destroying houses and crops on low-lying islands and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.
With Ike forecast to sweep the length of Cuba and possibly hit Havana head-on, hundreds of thousands evacuated to shelters or higher ground.
A look at death toll from Atlantic storms
(AP) - A look at deaths so far from the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season:
Six of 10 named storms so far this Atlantic hurricane season have caused deaths, mostly due to floods and mudslides:
_ Arthur: 5 in Belize; 2 in Honduras.
Ike's floods kill 58, add insult to Haiti's misery
(AP) - Haitians took to their roofs to escape rising floodwaters for the second time in a week on Sunday as squalls from Hurricane Ike killed 58 people and collapsed a bridge that cut the last land route into the starving city of Gonaives.
Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, floods Haiti, hits Cuba
(AP) - Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.
Chavez opponents call state media coverage unfair
(AP) - In speech after speech, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stares at the television camera and unleashes a hail of colorful insults against his opponents.
"Oligarchs," "fascists," "mafia bosses" and "coup mongers" are among his favorite taunts.
Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, lashes Cuba
(AP) - Hurricane Ike roared across low-lying islands and bore down on Cuba, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain to waterlogged communities in Haiti, where it killed 48 more people.
Venezuela, Russia may hold joint naval exercises
(AP) - President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuelan and Russian ships could soon hold joint naval exercises in the Caribbean _ a move that would likely raise concerns in Washington.
Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, aims at Cuba
(AP) - Ike roared across low-lying islands Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain to waterlogged communities in Haiti, where at least 48 people died in the floods.
Ike blasts Turks and Caicos, floods Haiti again
(AP) - Ike roared across low-lying islands Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain and misery to already waterlogged communities.
At least five adults and five children drowned overnight as Ike lashed Haiti before bearing down on Cuba on a path to hit Havana.
Ike's floods add insult to Haiti's misery, kill 10
(AP) - Haitians took to their roofs to escape rising floodwaters Sunday for the second time in a week as squalls from Hurricane Ike added insult to their misery, inundating homes and collapsing a bridge on the last open land route for aid to the desperate city.
Ike blasts Turks and Caicos as Category 4 storm
(AP) - Hurricane Ike damaged most of the homes on Grand Turk island as it roared onto the Bahamas, raked Haiti's flooded cities with rain and threatened the Florida Keys on its way to Cuba as a ferocious Category 4 storm Sunday.
Ike damages 80 percent of homes on Grand Turk
(AP) - The Turks and Caicos premier says Hurricane Ike has damaged 80 percent of the homes on Grand Turk island.
Michael Misick tells The Associated Press by phone that Grand Turk took almost a direct hit and that hundreds of people have lost their roofs.
Haitians flee Gonaives before Ike reaches island
(AP) - Hundreds of people fled this waterlogged city Saturday for higher ground as powerful Hurricane Ike threatened to unleash heavy rain and compound a disaster caused by a previous storm.
Growing Ike nears Turks and Caicos, south Bahamas
(AP) - Hurricane Ike lashed homes with howling winds Saturday as it neared this low-lying island chain as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, prompting thousands of people to evacuate or scramble for shelter.
Fierce Hurricane Ike approaches Turks and Caicos
(AP) - The National Hurricane Center in Miami says an "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike is roaring toward the Turks and Caicos islands as a fierce Category 4 storm.
The center said at 8 p.