WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Hurricane Ike is expected to enter the oil-producing Gulf of Mexico as a severe Category 4 storm, a U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency official said on Sunday. "It looks like it will be a very severe storm," Bob Powers, FEMA deputy assistant administrator for disaster operations," told a telephone news conference on storm preparations. (Reporting by Randall Mikkelsen, editing by Jackie Frank)
A sign warns of Florida Key resident evacuations as protection against Hurricane Ike in Key Largo, Florida September 7, 2008. In the low-lying Florida Keys, visitors were ordered out on Saturday ...
