Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward the northeastern New England states on Saturday after the storm's whipping winds and rain did not linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than some isolated flooding and power outages, AP reported. Hanna moved quickly inland after cruising ashore overnight with winds of around 50 mph (80 kph). But as the storm cleared out of the Southeast, eyes turned to the open Atlantic and the nasty looking Hurricane Ike _ a Category 2 storm with 110 mph (177 kph) winds that was expected to strengthen as it approached Cuba and southern Florida by Monday.
