Tropical Storm Isaac swept over eastern Cuba Sunday, bringing heavy rains and strong winds a day after hitting Haiti. It was expected to next head towards the Florida Keys. According to dpa, the National Hurricane Centre (NHC) in Miami said Sunday that Isaac was 220 kilometers east-southeast of Key West, Florida, and 245 kilometers east of Havana, Cuba, at 1200 GMT, with sustained winds of 100 kilometers per hour (km/hr). It issued a hurricane warning for the Florida Keys, west coast of Florida and Florida Bay, meaning that hurricane conditions were expected within the next 24 hours. NHC said Isaac was "expected to be at or near hurricane strength when it reaches the Florida Keys." The storm was projected to move into the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Monday.
