http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/article.php?category_id=46&parent_id=0 en-us Caribbean Net News editor@caribbeannetnews.com http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/article.php?news_id=10463 HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): The latest hurricane to tear through the Atlantic and Caribbean battered Turks and Caicos and the southern Bahamas Sunday and was hampering relief efforts in flood-devastated Haiti, as Cuba and the United States gird for the storm's wrath. Hurricane Ike is an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm. 2008-09-07 http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/article.php?news_id=10443 ST THOMAS, USVI: Outer rains bands associated with Hurricane Ike are expected to affect portions of the US Virgin Islands and the coastal waters Friday evening through Saturday, according to VITEMA State Director Mark Walters. Hurricane Ike will pass about 300 miles north of the local area during overnight hours Friday. 2008-09-06