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Cuba On Alert For
Another Hurricane
HAVANA - Cuban
authorities Friday
issued an alert that
Tropical Storm Kyle was
turning into hurricane
and would hit the island
country.
Kyle, some 815 km
south-southwest of the
Bermuda Island in the
Atlantic Ocean, is
picking up its strength
and heading to the West
Indies with a speed of
19 km per hour,
Meteorology Institute (Insment)
said.
Kyle is the No. 11
tropical storm of the
current Atlantic
cyclonic season, which
began on June 1 and will
last till the end of
November.
On Aug. 30, Hurricane
Gustav hit the west of
Cuba. One week later,
Hurricane Ike hit the
eastern and western
parts of the island,
killing seven people.
The two devastating
hurricanes have left
thousands of people
homeless and resulted in
a property loss of 5
billion U.S. dollars,
said the Cuban
authorities.
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