Cuban evacuations: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/10/21/wilma/index.html
Wilma, a 400-mile-wide storm, also was battering western Cuba.
Early Friday, data from Cuba indicated that 20-foot waves were pounding portions of the southern coast of Cuba's Isle of Youth, the hurricane center said.
The storm's eye is expected to near Cuba's western tip early Monday as it heads toward Florida.
Cuban authorities were evacuating 500,000 residents from the island in the nation's westernmost provinces in anticipation of heavy rain and the possibility of mudslides. (See video on Cuba's preparedness -- 2:09)
By Thursday afternoon, more than 222,000 residents had left their homes, many of which are in dire condition after previous hurricanes hit Cuba this year, officials said. |
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