Hurricane Sandy’s death toll is currentley at 3 after hitting Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba. Cuba has suffered extensive damage. The system is currently on track to hit the East Coast this weekend. Click below to read more.
Strengthening rapidly after tearing into Jamaica and crossing the warm Caribbean Sea, Sandy hit southeastern Cuba early on Thursday with top sustained winds up to 110 miles per hour that left a trail of destruction, especially in the historic city of Santiago de Cuba.
Images on Cuban television showed downed trees, damaged buildings and debris-clogged streets in the communist-ruled island’s second largest city, which suffered a direct hit when the storm came ashore in the early morning hours.
“Everything’s destroyed in Santiago. People are going to have to work very hard to recover,” Alexis Manduley, a resident of the 498-year-old city, told Reuters by telephone.
