After making landfall in Cuba, Paloma weakens to a Category 3

[babylonsister]

After making landfall in Cuba, Paloma weakens to a Category 3


BY EVAN S. BENN, SHURNA ROBBINS, KATHLEEN McGRORY and KIRSTIN MAGUIRE
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GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands -- Hours after battering the Cayman Islands, Hurricane Paloma, now a Category 3, made landfall in southern Cuba Saturday evening.

The storm hit as a Category 4 in Santa Cruz del Sur, Cuba. A hurricane warning is in effect for the Cuban provinces of Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Las Tunas, Granma and Holguin.

''Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion,'' according to a National Hurricane Center advisory.

At 7 p.m., Paloma's center was just east of Santa Cruz del Sur and about 45 miles south of Camaguey. The hurricane is projected to move northeast at about 10 mph through Sunday, decreasing in speed as it moves across Cuba.

By Sunday morning, forecasters project the center of Paloma to approach the Atlantic coast of east-central Cuba, nearing the central Bahamas by late Sunday or Monday.

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[Xipe Totec]

1. Merely a category 3? I'm so relieved!

:scared:

[babylonsister]

2. No kidding! This was a whopper! nt

[roody]

3. Pastors for Peace has already been there helping with reconstruction.

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