Reuters photos show damage on Jamaica and Cuba after one of the Atlantic's worst-ever hurricanes.
A flooded house stands on the sea shore
of Playa Cana, in the Province of Pinar
del Rio, as Hurricane Ivan advances near
the western part of Cuba, September 13,
2004. The powerful hurricane churned
into the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday on a
track for the U.S. coast after ripping
off roofs and downing trees and power
lines as it grazed western Cuba.
REUTERS/Henry
Romero
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Jim Wolf, owner of the Tattoo Zoo tattoo
parlor measures for a piece of plywood
to put over his shop window in advance
of the arrival of Hurricane Ivan in Fort
Walton Beach, Florida September 13, 2004.
The powerful hurricane churned into the
Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday on a track for
the U.S. coast after ripping off roofs
and downing trees and power lines as it
grazed western Cuba. REUTERS/Rick
Wilking
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A Jamaican man attempts to dig out
buried cars destroyed by Hurricane Ivan
in Kingston, September 13, 2004. The
powerful hurricane churned into the Gulf
of Mexico on Tuesday on a track for the
U.S. coast after ripping off roofs and
downing trees and power lines as it
grazed western Cuba. REUTERS/Daniel
Aguilar
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Jamaican men stand front a line of
houses destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in
Kingston, September 13, 2004. The
powerful hurricane churned into the Gulf
of Mexico on Tuesday on a track for the
U.S. coast after ripping off roofs and
downing trees and power lines as it
grazed western Cuba. REUTERS/Daniel
Aguilar
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Jamaican men clear buried cars September
13, 2004 which were destroyed by
Hurricane Ivan in Kingston. The powerful
hurricane churned into the Gulf of
Mexico on Tuesday on a track for the U.S.
coast after ripping off roofs and
downing trees and power lines as it
grazed western Cuba. REUTERS/Daniel
Aguilar
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Palm trees face strong winds and heavy
rains in La Coloma, in the Cuban
province of Pinar del Rio, September 13,
2004, as Hurricane Ivan approaches the
most western part of the nation. The
powerful hurricane churned into the Gulf
of Mexico on Tuesday on a track for the
U.S. coast after ripping off roofs and
downing trees and power lines as it
grazed western Cuba. REUTERS/Henry
Romero
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A worker walks past boats beached to
avoid them being damaged as the sky
darkens with clouds from Hurricane Ivan
as the category 5 storm approaches the
Yucatan Channel between Mexico and Cuba,
September 13, 2004. The powerful
hurricane churned into the Gulf of
Mexico on Tuesday on a track for the U.S.
coast after ripping off roofs and
downing trees and power lines as it
grazed western Cuba. REUTERS/Victor
Ruiz
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Leigh Atkins walks along the balcony of
her St. George Island home in Franklin
County along the Florida panhandle near
Apalachicola, September 13, 2004 after
she and her husband boarded up their
home in preparation of evacuating to
Columbus, Georgia. The sign says 'Hunker
Down SGI' (St George Island), in
preparation of the possible landing of
Hurricane Ivan, a category 5 storm. The
powerful hurricane churned into the Gulf
of Mexico on Tuesday on a track for the
U.S. coast after ripping off roofs and
downing trees and power lines as it
grazed western Cuba. REUTERS/Mark
Wallheiser
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