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Hurricane Ivan Death Toll Up to 80

HeadlineSep 17, 2004

The death toll from Hurricane Ivan has now topped 80 after the storm killed at least 22 people in the Southeast. Ivan hit the US coastline yesterday with winds up to 135 miles per hour. At least a dozen tornados spun off. Homes were ripped apart. Streets were flooded. Beaches were heavily damaged. President Bush declared Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana to be disaster areas. Meanwhile another storm is already hitting the Caribbean. Tropical storm Jeanne has killed four people in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Grenada is still suffering most from Hurricane Ivan. Up to 90 percent of the buildings on the island have been destroyed. A Red Cross official told the BBC that on this island of 100,000 people, * 60,000 of them have lost everything*.

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