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A child waits before being evacuated as Hurricane Ike approaches in Playa Giron, Cuba
09 Sep 2008
Source: Reuters
 
REFILE - CORRECTING COUNTRY AFTER BYLINE A child waits before being evacuated as Hurricane Ike approaches in Playa Giron, Cuba September 8, 2008. Hurricane Ike blew through the warm Caribbean Sea toward western Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico oilfields on Monday after ripping the eastern side of the island with high winds and torrential rains that left a broad path of destruction. REUTERS/Claudia Daut (CUBA)
REUTERS/CLAUDIA DAUT


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