As Tropical Storm Fay began fading, Gustav, a new hurricane, hit Haiti and the Caribbean region with heavy rains.
Gustav was a tropical storm yesterday afternoon and strengthened into the season's third hurricane with sustained winds approaching 90 mph, a Category 1 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The storm is expected to dump up to 20 inches of rain on some isolated areas.
Gustav was expected to cross over the south of Cuba by Saturday into Sunday before heading into the Gulf of Mexico. Current forecasts have the storm moving anywhere from Florida to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, gaining strength after passing Cuba.
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