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Appeal No. 21/2004; Operations Update no. 08; Period covered: 25- 29 September, 2004; Appeal coverage: 74.3 %; (click here to go directly to the attached Contributions List, also available on the website).

Appeal history:

- Launched on 10 September 2004 for CHF 1,752,697 (USD 1,389,560 or EUR 1,137,899) for 6 months to assist 10,000

...IVAN REGENERATES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO...

AT 6 PM CDT...2300Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOUISIANA WESTWARD TO SARGENT TEXAS.

AT 6 PM CDT...2300Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION IVAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE

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THIS REVISED PRELIMINARY EMERGENCY APPEAL SEEKS CHF 6,033,000 (USD 4,764,410 OR EUR 3,910,502) IN CASH, KIND, OR SERVICES TO ASSIST 85,000 BENEFICIARIES (17,000 FAMILIES) FOR 6 MONTHS

1. The National Weather Center in Miami reports that at 1200 GMT today, the centre of Hurricane Ivan was located near latitude 23.1 North, longitude 86.1 West or about 115 miles (180 km) southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi river.

2. A Hurricane Warning remains in effect for Cuba from Pinar del Rio to Havana, including the Isle of Youth. A Hurricane Warning remains in effect for the north-eastern Yucatan peninsula from

In the last week, the slow-moving storm -- today, a category-4 storm -- has hit the islands of Grenada, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Cuba and also has brushed other countries, including the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

The latest death toll, according to the BBC: at least 34 in Grenada; five in Venezuela; 20 in Jamaica; four in the Dominican Republic; and one in Tobago.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (Reuters) - Hurricane Ivan, one of the fiercest Atlantic storms recorded, headed toward Cuba Monday after pummeling the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Grenada on a track that eventually will bring it to the U.S. coast.

A monster storm with sustained winds near 160 mph that has killed at least 47 people, Ivan sent sea water surging over the low-lying Caymans, a British territory and wealthy offshore finance center of 45,000 people.

Forecasters said the rare and deadly Category 5 hurricane was expected to pass near or over extreme western

"We have evacuated 667 nonessential personnel so far, and we are continuing through the evacuation process as we speak," said company spokesman Matt Carmichael.

The spokesman said the oil giant was evacuating people from the eastern and central Gulf of Mexico facilities, "but we are watching the track of the hurricane.

The powerful storm, which has left dozens

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CUBA FROM PINAR DEL RIO TO CIEGO DE AVILA INCLUDING THE ISLE OF YOUTH. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE