Ivan has become a category 5 hurricane and is heading for the Cayman Islands.

The hurricane wobbled a bit west as it hit Jamaica.

At 5 p.m. EDT, the hurricane’s winds were 165 mph and its well-defined eye was about 145 miles east-southeast of Grand Cayman. Hurricane-force winds extended 60 miles and tropical storm-force winds another 175 miles.

Ivan has been blamed for the deaths of 34 people in Grenada, five in Jamaica, five in Venezuela, one in Tobago, one in Barbados, and four youngsters in the Dominican Republic.

Millions of people remain in it’s path.
170 thousand people in Western Cuba have evacuated.