Hurricane Irma: Cuba faces period of darkness and rebuilding

[kentuck]

We should help those closest to us first, and then our neighbors.

This hurricane has been a disastrous catastrophe across the islands of all our neighbors.

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41235494

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"This didn't even happen during the so-called Storm of the Century in 1993," said Yaritza Mendoza, the floodwaters lapping around her knees.
"We've never seen the water reach Linea before."

For those not familiar with the beautiful Havana district of Vedado, the street name of "Linea" might not mean much, but for residents of the Cuban capital it is one of the city's reference points.

For days, much of this most treasured neighbourhood has been submerged.
Hurricane Irma brought water and debris crashing over the seawall of the Malecon, Havana's waterfront boulevard, and into the district's art deco and modernist buildings. Once the storm surge hit Linea, it was some six blocks up from Malecon.

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