HAVANA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike, packing 120 mile per hour winds (195 kph) and heavy rains, made landfall on the northeastern coast of Cuba on Sunday, the Cuban Meteorology Institute said.

A forecaster at the weather service said Ike's eye came ashore near Punta Lucrecia in the state of Holguin about 510 miles (823 km) southeast of Havana.

(Reporting by Esteban Israel; Editing by Jeff Franks and Vicki Allen)

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