Florida braced for hurricane Ivan

Many businesses were shuttered and streets were largely deserted as residents fled from this normally bustling island resort town of Key West amid concern that Hurricane Ivan was heading for Florida.

Monroe County officials ordered an evacuation of the entire 100-mile Florida Keys, a chain of low-lying islands that are vulnerable to storm surges. It was the third evacuation in a month for tourists and first in three years for the chain’s 79,000 residents.