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Thursday, September 11, 2008
The US is bracing itself for the arrival of Hurricane Ike, which has strengthened to a category two storm as it travels over the Gulf of Mexico.
The storm has already killed more than 70 people in the Caribbean and caused widespread destruction.
In Haiti, the United Nations says about 800,000 people, nearly half of them children, are in temporary shelters.
US President Bush has declared a state of emergency in Texas, where the storm is due to make landfall on Saturday.
Authorities in the US say at least two-thirds of oil and gas production has been stopped in the Gulf of Mexico as a precaution.
The storm has maximum sustained wind speeds of nearly 100mph (155km/h) and meteorologists say it is likely to develop into a major hurricane on Thursday.
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Labels: English News, Forces of Nature
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