Hurricane Ike roared toward Cuba's densely populated capital of fragile historic buildings after forcing 1.2 million people to evacuate, killing at least four and ravaging homes elsewhere on the island nation. Meanwhile, U.S. residents from Florida to the Texas border with Mexico braced for Ike's next wallop, the Associated Press reported. The hurricane, which raked the Bahamas and worsened floods in Haiti that have killed at least 331 people, made landfall on eastern Cuba as a terrifying Category 3 hurricane, then weakened Monday as it ran along the length of the Caribbean's largest island. It was a Category 1 storm Monday afternoon, but forecasters expected it to strengthen again before hitting Louisiana, Texas or northern Mexico this weekend.
