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Hurricane Ike, expected to make landfall in the U.S. this week, has already caused havoc in Cuba and the Caribbean. In Haiti, at least 58 people... Ike Hits Haiti And Cuba, Aims For U.S. Gulf ...

Cupboards were nearly bare before the winds started whipping, the skies opened, and this seaside city filled like a caldron with thick, brown, smelly muck. Suffering long ago became normal here, ...