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| Hurricane Sandy has lashed the central Bahamas with violent winds and torrential rains after raging through the Caribbean, where it caused at least 21 deaths and forced the postponement of a hearing at the Guantánamo naval base on Cuba. | Hurricane Sandy has lashed the central Bahamas with violent winds and torrential rains after raging through the Caribbean, where it caused at least 21 deaths and forced the postponement of a hearing at the Guantánamo naval base on Cuba. |
| State media in Cuba said houses were destroyed and 11 people killed in the eastern provinces of Santiago and Guantánamo as the category-two storm swept over the island on Thursday. Nine deaths were reported in Haiti and one in Jamaica. | State media in Cuba said houses were destroyed and 11 people killed in the eastern provinces of Santiago and Guantánamo as the category-two storm swept over the island on Thursday. Nine deaths were reported in Haiti and one in Jamaica. |
| By late on Thursday, Sandy had slowed to a category-one hurricane, but forecasters warned it was likely to combine with a winter storm to cause a super storm in the eastern US next week, whose effects would be felt along the entire Atlantic coast and inland to Ohio. | By late on Thursday, Sandy had slowed to a category-one hurricane, but forecasters warned it was likely to combine with a winter storm to cause a super storm in the eastern US next week, whose effects would be felt along the entire Atlantic coast and inland to Ohio. |
| Some further weakening of the hurricane was forecast during the next 48 hours, but it was expected to remain a hurricane. | Some further weakening of the hurricane was forecast during the next 48 hours, but it was expected to remain a hurricane. |
| Late on Thursday, the hurricane's centre was 185 miles east-southeast of Freeport on Grand Bahama island as it spun between Cat Island and Eleuthera in the central Bahamas. The storm's maximum sustained winds had fallen to 90mph, with Sandy moving north-northwest at 13mph. | Late on Thursday, the hurricane's centre was 185 miles east-southeast of Freeport on Grand Bahama island as it spun between Cat Island and Eleuthera in the central Bahamas. The storm's maximum sustained winds had fallen to 90mph, with Sandy moving north-northwest at 13mph. |
| Caroline Turnquest, head of the Red Cross in the Bahamas archipelago off Florida's east coast, said 20 shelters were opened on the main island of New Providence. "Generally people are realising it is serious," she said. | Caroline Turnquest, head of the Red Cross in the Bahamas archipelago off Florida's east coast, said 20 shelters were opened on the main island of New Providence. "Generally people are realising it is serious," she said. |
| Power was out on Acklins Island and most roads there were flooded, government administrator Berkeley Williams said. His biggest concern was that a boat filled with basic supplies for the island had to cancel its trip until next week. "Supplies were low before, so you can imagine what we are going through now," Williams said. | Power was out on Acklins Island and most roads there were flooded, government administrator Berkeley Williams said. His biggest concern was that a boat filled with basic supplies for the island had to cancel its trip until next week. "Supplies were low before, so you can imagine what we are going through now," Williams said. |
| The only school on Ragged Island in the southern Bahamas was flooded. "We have holes in roofs, lost shingles and power lines are down," said Charlene Bain, the local Red Cross president. "But nobody lost a life, that's the important thing." | The only school on Ragged Island in the southern Bahamas was flooded. "We have holes in roofs, lost shingles and power lines are down," said Charlene Bain, the local Red Cross president. "But nobody lost a life, that's the important thing." |
| Steven Russell, an emergency management official in Nassau, said docks on the western side of Great Inagua island had been destroyed and that the roof of a government building was partially ripped off. | Steven Russell, an emergency management official in Nassau, said docks on the western side of Great Inagua island had been destroyed and that the roof of a government building was partially ripped off. |
| "As the storm passes over Eleuthera and Cat Island, they should get a pretty good beating," he said. "There are sections of Eleuthera we are concerned about." | "As the storm passes over Eleuthera and Cat Island, they should get a pretty good beating," he said. "There are sections of Eleuthera we are concerned about." |
| The Atlantis resort went into lockdown after dozens of tourists left Paradise Island before the airport closed, said George Markantonis, president of Kerzner International, which manages the resort. He said Atlantis was less than half full but all of its restaurants, casinos and other facilities were still operating. | The Atlantis resort went into lockdown after dozens of tourists left Paradise Island before the airport closed, said George Markantonis, president of Kerzner International, which manages the resort. He said Atlantis was less than half full but all of its restaurants, casinos and other facilities were still operating. |
| Sooner Halvorson, a 36-year-old hotel owner from Colorado who recently moved to the Bahamas, said she and her husband, Matt, expected to ride out the storm with their two young children, three cats, two dogs and a goat at their Cat Island resort. "We brought all of our animals inside," she said, though she added that a horse stayed outside. "She's a 40-year-old horse from the island. She's been through tons of hurricanes." | Sooner Halvorson, a 36-year-old hotel owner from Colorado who recently moved to the Bahamas, said she and her husband, Matt, expected to ride out the storm with their two young children, three cats, two dogs and a goat at their Cat Island resort. "We brought all of our animals inside," she said, though she added that a horse stayed outside. "She's a 40-year-old horse from the island. She's been through tons of hurricanes." |
| On Great Exuma island, guest house operator Veronica Marshall supplied her only customer with a flashlight and some food before Sandy bore down. The storm-hardened Bahamian said she was confident she and her business would make it through intact. "I'm 73 years old and I've weathered many storms," she said. | On Great Exuma island, guest house operator Veronica Marshall supplied her only customer with a flashlight and some food before Sandy bore down. The storm-hardened Bahamian said she was confident she and her business would make it through intact. "I'm 73 years old and I've weathered many storms," she said. |
| Hurricane Sandy was expected to churn through the central and north-west Bahamas late on Thursday and early Friday. It might cause tropical storm conditions along the south-east Florida coast, the Upper Keys and Florida Bay by Friday morning. | Hurricane Sandy was expected to churn through the central and north-west Bahamas late on Thursday and early Friday. It might cause tropical storm conditions along the south-east Florida coast, the Upper Keys and Florida Bay by Friday morning. |
| With storm conditions projected to hit New Jersey with tropical storm-force winds on Tuesday, there is a 90% chance that most of the US east coast will get steady gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and possibly snow from Sunday, US forecaster Jim Cisco said. | With storm conditions projected to hit New Jersey with tropical storm-force winds on Tuesday, there is a 90% chance that most of the US east coast will get steady gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and possibly snow from Sunday, US forecaster Jim Cisco said. |
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