Cuba hammered by Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba, blowing buildings to rubble and sending waves surging over homes.

More than 900,000 Cubans evacuated from its path, which forecasters said could take it to Louisiana or Texas later this week.

Ike, which raked the Bahamas and worsened floods in Haiti that have already killed 319 people, made landfall on Cuba as a fearsome Category 3 hurricane, then weakened to a Category 2 as it ran along the length of the island.

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