Gustav becomes a hurricane
Gustav has strengthened to hurricane status, the US National Hurricane Center said in a special bulletin Friday, after the storm killed at least 78 people in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.
"Data from an Air Force reconnaissance aircraft indicate that Gustav has again become a hurricane, with maximum winds near 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour," the Hurricane Center said in a special 3:15 pm (1915 GMT) bulletin.
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