Hanna takes aim at Bahamas, Ike next in line
Hurricane Gustav evacuees arrive at the train station in Memphis, Tenn. Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2008 , as federal, state, and local emergency workers direct them to an AMTRAK train bound for New Orleans, the first of a series of trains scheduled to return evacuees who left New Orleans ahead of Gustav. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber)
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tropical Storm Hanna roared past the edge of the Bahamas on Thursday ahead of a possible hurricane hit on the Carolinas, leaving behind at least 137 dead in Haiti.
Hurricane Ike, a still-more-dangerous Category 4 storm, was advancing from the east.
Hanna blew by the Bahamas late Thursday, knocking out power to Cat Island and causing minor flooding in other eastern islands, but sparing the Atlantic nation major damage.
U.S. National Hurricane Center said Hanna should reach the coast of North or South Carolina by Saturday, but its sprawling bands of outer winds are likely to hit the U.S. sooner.
Haiti’s government more than doubled Hanna’s death toll late Thursday to 137. It had previously been 61.
Eighty of the deaths occurred in the flooded region of Gonaives and another 22 people died in areas immediately surrounding the port, according to statements released by the Ministry of the Interior and the Civil Protection De
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