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 | Residents use umbrellas to protect themselves from the rain as Hurricane Gustav approaches in Batabano, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Gustav swelled to an increasingly fearsome Category 3 hurricane with winds of 125 mph (205 kph) as it shrieked toward the heartland of Cuba's cigar industry Saturday on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, three years after Hurricane Katrina. click to open  |  | This image provided by NOAA taken at 6:32 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 29, 2008 shows Hurricane Gustav, moving through Cuba. Gustav strengthened into a hurricane Friday and appeared to stay on track to hit the Cayman Islands, then western Cuba before moving into the warm waters of the Gulf bound for the U.S. coastline early next week. click to open  |
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