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Hurricane Ike moves off Cuba, into Gulf of Mexico

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Tue Sep 9, 2008 11:32pm EDT
A car is driven past damaged power lines after the eye of Hurricane Ike passed Pinar del Rio, Cuba September 9, 2008. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa

HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike moved off western Cuba and into the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday where the weak Category 1 storm was expected to strengthen in the warm waters on its way to the Gulf Coast.

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Ike struck eastern Cuba on Sunday, dipped south into the Caribbean Sea and hit western Cuba on Tuesday on a destructive path that left widespread damage on the island, which still was reeling from Hurricane Gustav 10 days ago.

(Reporting by Esteban Israel; Editing by Jeff Franks and Bill Trott)
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