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Hurricane Gustav

Havana 27.08.2008 – Hurricane Gustav, which is nearing the south coast of Cuba has weakened while interacting with the terrain of Haiti, the winds have decreased to 95km/hour, which means that it has lost its status of hurricane. However, it is expected to regain hurricane strength later today or tomorrow once it clears the peninsula of Haiti. Gustav should pass between southeastern coast of Cuba and Jamaica some time today and on Thursday. At 06.00 GMT Gustav was located about 215km (135 miles) southeast of Guantanamo. Hurricane watch remains in effect for the cuban provinces of Las Tunas, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba, Granma and Guantanamo. Fidel Castro issued an essay that mentioned the hurricane, saying Cuba's government "guarantees no one will be forgotten."

26.08.2007. Havana 0900 GMT - The Government of Cuba has issued a hurricane watch for the Cuban provinces of Las Tunas, Granma, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo. A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible withing the area generally within 36 hours. Interest in Central and Western Cuba as well as the Cayman Islands should closely monitor the progress of Gustav.

At 09.00 GMT the center of Hurricane Gustav was located near latitude 17.2 North, longitute 71.9 west OR 480 km southeast of Guantanamo. Gustav is moving toward the northwest near 15km/hour and this motion is expected to continue today with a turn toward the west-northwest and a decrease in forward speed. On this track Gustav should move over southwestern Haiti later today and near or just south of Cuba on Wednesday. Maximum sustained winds are 140 km/hour which means that Gustav is category one hurricane, although in can become category two later on today.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti 26th August 2008 08.00 GMT — GUSTAV BECOMES HURRICANE, THREATENS HAITI AND CUBA - Tropical Storm Gustav grew into a hurricane Tuesday after emerging in the Caribbean, threatening Haiti with powerful winds less than two weeks after the country was hit by a deadly storm. "Reports from an air force hurricane aircraft indicate that Gustav has become a hurricane with maximum winds near 80 mph (130 kilometers per hour)," the US National Hurricane Center said in a 2:20 am (0620 GMT) advisory. Earlier, the Haitian government urged its population to take precautions and appealed for international help to deal with the storm's aftermath, some 10 days after Tropical Storm Fay left about 47 people dead or missing on the island. "In the face of the danger threatening Haiti, I ask national civil protection committees and our friends in international cooperation to help the government manage the risks and disasters," Interior Minister Paul-Antoine Bien-Aime said on national television.

The neighboring Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, also issued a hurricane warning for the southwest of the country. Gustav formed over the Caribbean Sea on Monday, becoming the seventh tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm was expected to dump five to seven inches of rain over Hispaniola, with isolated maximum accumulations of up to 25 inches possible, threatening to produce flash floods and mudslides, the hurricane center said. The eye of the storm was expected to be near Haiti's coast Tuesday afternoon, it said. Gustav was about 210 kilometers (130 miles) southeast of Port-au-Prince at around 0600 GMT, the center said.

A hurricane center map forecasting the storm's trajectory showed Gustav heading toward Cuba after striking Haiti.

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