TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Gov. Charlie Crist has issued an emergency declaration for the entire state of Florida in advance of Hurricane Ike. Ike was still in the open Atlantic Ocean on Friday afternoon, but forecasts showed it could make landfall in Florida next week as a strong hurricane. It could also miss the state, as Tropical Storm Hanna did.
Crist said Floridians should be prepared for winds exceeding 115 mph, flash flooding, ocean rip currents and tornadoes.
Ike is the fifth hurricane of this season, and the fourth storm system in four weeks with the peninsula in its possible path.
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