Hurricane Ike makes second Cuba landfall

Tue Sep 9, 2008 10:26am EDT
 
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HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike made its second landfall in Cuba, hitting Punta la Capitana in western Pinar del Rio province on Tuesday, the Cuban weather service said.

Ike first hit the Caribbean island on Sunday near Punta Lucrecia in the state of Holguin about 510 miles southeast of Havana.

(Reporting by Esteban Israel; editing by Jim Loney, Michael Christie and Bill Trott)

 

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