The Cuban government began mass evacuations late Sunday as Ike, labeled an "extremely dangerous" storm already responsible for at least 20 deaths in heavily flooded Haiti, looked set to barrel into the country's northeast.
Tropical storm Hanna hit the border of South and North Carolina on Saturday, US meteorologists announced. A severe hurricane season has wreaked havoc leaving more than 500 dead in Haiti.
Police in the Haitian city of Gonaives found 495 bodies as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Hanna began to recede, taking the total death toll in Haiti to more than 500 as aid organizations struggle to reach affected areas.
The death toll from Tropical Storm Hanna rose to 136 in Haiti amid fears that Hanna could gain hurricane status as it closes in on the US Atlantic coast. Meanwhile, Hurricane Ike has turned into an "extremely dangerous" Category Four storm.
Haitian authorities reported Wednesday that Tropical Storm Hanna had left 61 people dead, while another tropical storm, Ike, strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane in the open Atlantic.
