(September 3, 2008)--Forecasters say Ike has become a dangerous Category 3 hurricane in the Atlantic with maximum sustained winds near 115 mph,.
It's the fifth hurricane of the 2008 season and the third major storm, along with hurricanes Bertha and Gustav.
Ike is about 645 miles east-northeast of the Leeward Islands. It is moving west-northwest near 18 mph.
It is too early to say whether Ike might threaten land.
Ike is behind Tropical Storm Hanna, which is battering Haiti, where it has killed 26 people.
Forecasters say Hanna could turn back into a hurricane before hitting the southern coast of the U.S. this weekend.
Forecasters say Josephine, the tropical storm behind Ike, is weakening.
Ike was moving toward the west-northwest at near 18 miles per hour Wednesday and is expected to remain on that track until Thursday, when it’s expected to take a turn to the west and out over the open waters of the west-central Atlantic.
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