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As the death toll and flooding wrought by Gustav rise in the Caribbean, the hurricane-turned-tropical storm is expected to regain strength Thursday and move between Jamaica and Cuba toward the Cayman Islands. Authorities confirmed 23 deaths, but ...
Read moreTropical Storm Gustav takes aim at Gulf Coast - Miami Herald
A storm, which had a northwest trajectory and seemed set to pass between Jamaica's north coast and Cuba's south coast, decided overnight that it needed to pay Jamaica a visit. So, what it did was to take a southwest turn, where it would line up ...
Read moreGustav disorganised by Haiti's hilly terrain - Jamaica Gleaner
Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Gustav crossed Jamaica and headed for the Cayman Islands as residents of the U.S. state of Louisiana prepared for the system to strengthen to a hurricane and hit areas devastated by Katrina three years ago ...
Read moreTropical Storm Gustav Heads to Caymans; U.S. Prepares (Update1) - Bloomberg
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Gustav moved across Jamaica today as residents of Louisiana began to prepare for the system to hit at hurricane force next week, three years after Katrina devastated New Orleans. Gustav packed maximum sustained ...
Read moreTropical Storm Gustav Moves Across Jamaica; Louisiana Prepares - Bloomberg
I was in London during the Olympics. All I can say is, forget the complaints of a few. For a glittering week, the world fell in love with Jamaica. And why shouldn't it? We sent a group of loveable young men and women to Beijing, where they laughed ...
Read moreThe best of Jamaica - Jamaica Gleaner
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Gustav was picking up steam and advancing toward Jamaica on Thursday after leaving at least 22 dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the National Hurricane Center said. People cross a bridge Wednesday as ...
Read moreStrengthening Gustav heads for Jamaica - CNN
Tropical Storm Gustav surged through the Caribbean Thursday near Jamaica, jogging a little farther west-southwest than previously forecast, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm, with winds now up to 70 mph, was 40 miles east of ...
Read moreGustav nears Jamaica; New Orleans keeps watch - USA Today
Thursday summary CP Video - Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 3:58 EDT After waiting more than a decade to appear in his first Olympics, Eric Lamaze provided a performance for the history books.
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WASHINGTON — The State Department urged Americans on Wednesday to be aware of the risks caused by Tropical Storm Gustav to people traveling to Haiti, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. The travel alert urged U.S ...
Read moreState Dept. issues warning on Caribbean travel - FOX News
Tropical Storm Gustav surged toward hurricane force on Thursday as it drove toward Jamaica and aimed for the Cayman islands, prompting evacuations of tourists and offshore oil workers. In its wake, impoverished Haitians scrambled for food. Meanwhile ...
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