Hurricane Ike Kills 4 In
Cuba
La HABANA -
Hurricane Ike left the
Cuban territory on
Tuesday after killing
four people and causing
severe damages to
houses, electricity,
communications and
agriculture in the
Caribbean country.
The eye of the storm was
moving into the
southeastern Gulf of
Mexico on its way to the
U.S. Coast.
Cuba's Civil Defense
Department Tuesday
decreed a recuperative
phase for the eastern
region which was
affected most by the
storm.
Ike hit the island
country twice -- the
first time on Sunday
from the east with gusts
and rains. On Tuesday it
reached the western
province of Pinar del
Rio.
Fourteen Cuban regions
received cyclone alert
for the first time in
their history.