Русская версияTropical Storm Gustav is heading for Cuba, after leaving up to 78
people dead as it battered its way across the Dominican Republic,
Haiti and Jamaica.
The United States began storm preparations as
Gustav moved west, amid fears it could become a "major hurricane"
before reaching western Cuba on the weekend. Gustav is forecast to
head west-northwest towards the Caymans, a British outpost and key
banking center. Anxiety was also mounting on the US Gulf Coast on
the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Authorities in
Louisiana and Mississippi have already declared states of emergency
before Gustav's expected landfall late on Monday. In New Orleans
authorities are considering mandatory evacuation to prevent a
repeat of the devastation and deaths of 2005.
(Deutsche Welle)
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