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Keys, Caribbean Isles Evacuate for Ike

Posted Sep 6, 08 3:36 PM CDT in US 

(Newser) – Tourists and locals are fleeing the Florida Keys and Caribbean islands as Hurricane Ike closes in today, CNN reports. Forecasters predict Ike will slam into the Turks and Caicos islands late today or early tomorrow with Category 3 winds near 115 mph and 9- to 12-foot-high waves. The storm is then expected to churn northwest on Monday, over the Keys and toward the Gulf of Mexico.

The British government has struggled to evacuate visitors to Turks and Caicos, and Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency in Florida. "We continue to watch with much concern the track of Hurricane Ike," Crist said. Forecasters say the storm will stay strong over the Gulf of Mexico's warm waters and strike anywhere between Texas and Alabama by mid-next week.

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This image provided by NASA from the Terra satellite shows Hurricane Ike off the Lesser Antilles as it approaches the Bahamas Sept. 4, 2008.   (AP Photo/NASA)
Residents Tavernier Key board up a business as Hurricane Ike heads toward Florida.   (AP Photo)
People wait for one of the last planes to get off the Island of Providenciales before Hurricane Ike strikes the area, in the Turks & Caicos Islands, Sept. 6, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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