Hurricaine Hanna brought strong winds, heavy rain and pounding surf to nearby islands, including Inagua and Crooked Island, and Turks and Caicos Islands to the south. It is possible expected to hit the southeastern U.S. later in the week.

"Right now, the uncertainty is such that it could hit anywhere from Miami to the outer banks of North Carolina," said Jessica Schauer Clark, a meteorologist at the U.S. National Hurricane Center. "So people really need to keep an eye on it."

Tropical storm Ike is approaching behind Hanna — still about 1,400 miles (2,250 kilometers) out in the Atlantic Ocean, but it is expected to become a hurricane in the next 36 hours as it too approaches the Bahamas. Florida state officials are keeping a nervous watch on Hanna and the Ike.

Hanna's center was near the Caicos Islands on Monday evening. It was nearly stationary.

Hanna's winds and rain reached all the way to Haiti, where thousands remain homeless in the wake of Gustav, which was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved over central Louisiana late Monday.

In Puerto Rico, authorities said one man from Colombia was killed and a woman from Brazil was missing after they were swept away in a river swollen with rain from Hanna. The two were students at the University of Puerto Rico on a trip to the island's east.