September 7, 2008

Hurricane Ike about to whip Cuba

Hurricane Ike, after killing at least 37 people in Haiti, moved over the southern Bahamas Sunday, carrying high winds and heavy rain.

Ike is a Category 4 storm surging forward on a track that could take it toward the U.S. Gulf Coast.

State and local officials in Florida and Louisiana are preparing for what may be the third major storm to affect the Gulf Coast region in less than a month.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal pre-emptively issued a state of emergency for the state, which is still recovering from Hurricane Gustav. More than 370,000 people remained without power there, nearly a week after Gustav made landfall, he said.