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• Caribbean
• Destinations
• Environment
• Intense rains and floods
• national
• 11 / 09 / 2008

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A hurricane warning was issued for the provinces of Camaguey, Las Tunas, Holguin, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo, and the southern municipalities of Ciego de Avila early on Saturday.

According to reports by the Cuban national weather forecast center, the hurricane is expected to make landfall on the southeastern coast of Cuba late Saturday.

Paloma has maximum sustained winds of 140 mph with higher gusts, which makes it a dangerous category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. A slight decrease in the wind force is expected after landfall tonight.

(ACN)