Hundreds of thousands of people along the U.S. coast from New Orleans to northwest Florida were told to leave their homes on September 14 as deadly Hurricane Ivan roared into the Gulf of Mexico after grazing western Cuba.

• 来势汹汹的飓风“伊万”在袭击古巴西部后，又咆哮着冲入了墨西哥湾。9月14日，几十万居住在从新奥尔良到佛罗里达西北部海岸沿线的美国居民接到预警后被迫离开家园。