Strongest tornado in 80 years hits Cuban capital
At least four people have died and 200 injured after a rare tornado swept through Cuba’s capital, Havana.
Experts say the tornado was the strongest in nearly 80 years and Cuba’s central and eastern areas have been the worst hit.
Reports describe streets strewn with glass, debris, downed trees and power lines. Some areas are without electricity and running water after the tornado, which hit late on Monday evening.
Cuban meteorologist Jose Rubiera said the tornado lasted only 16 minutes, sweeping over seven miles of the city, at times reaching over half a mile in diameter.
He told Cuban news agency Prensa Latina that the devastation suggested the tornado was an EF4 category, the second-most powerful category, with winds up to 200 miles per hour.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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