Ike makes landfall in Cuba as Category 3 hurricane

Hurricane Ike made landfall on the north coast of eastern Cuba Sunday as a Category 3 storm that weather experts were calling a "major hurricane."

The eye of the hurricane made landfall in the province of Holguin near Punto de Sama, with maximum winds near 125 mph.

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At this point it’s still too early to tell exactly where Ike will make landfall, but wherever it does, a category 4 hurricane will definitely do a lot of damage.

Here is the Latest computer models for tracking the projected path for Hurricane Ike are shown below as the Category 4 storm. The National Hurricane Center combines the storm track spaghetti models is shown here.