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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitians were told to prepare for evacuations as Tropical Storm Gustav formed quickly Monday in the Caribbean on a path to hit the country’s denuded southern coast as a hurricane before moving on to Cuba, the Bahamas and Florida.
Haiti upgraded storm warnings to hurricane warnings along much of its coast Monday as Gustav closed in from the south. Forecasters said Gustav’s center could pass near or over Haiti today.
Dominican Republic authorities also issued storm warnings and advised small boats to remain in port, even on the north side of the island of 17 million people.
Meanwhile, two other tropical storms were lashing the southeastern U.S. and Mexico’s Pacific coast.
