Cuban residents remove their boat from the water to prepare for Hurricane Sandy.
This
morning, Hurricane Sandy made its way to eastern Cuba with damaging winds
leaving many homes and crop fields in disarray. Even after ripping through the
eastern portion of Cuba, Sandy didn’t lose speed and continued to head towards
the Bahamas. According to the U.S National Hurricane Center, Sandy emerged off
of Cuba’s north coast around dawn at 16mph, with winds reaching 105mph as it
approached the Bahamas. So far, the death toll from Hurricane Sandy is at least
2. An elderly man in Jamaica and a woman in Haiti were both killed during the
hit of Hurricane Sandy. Thankfully however, Cuba was grateful that there were
no causalities when Sandy hit today. Even with the loss of many crops and
damages to homes, one Cuban resident stated, “We’ll move forward. We’ll get out
of this hole as we have many other times before.” The Cuban government is well-known for its
rapid response to natural disasters, so with mitigation plans, and disaster
response in place, it seems that Cuba was well prepared for yet another
hurricane to hit. To the Caribbean, a hurricane is nothing out of the ordinary
which decreases the vulnerability of Cuba’s residents. However, even with the
preparedness of Cuba, officials are concerned about other small mountain
villages that have still not been heard from, and may not have been ready for
the hit.
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