Cuba took direct hit from Irma — and may have spared Florida from worse damage
by By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
Sep 11, 2017
3 minutes
MEXICO CITY - Nieves Martinez Burgaleta, 87, was found floating in the flooded streets outside her home in Havana.
Alberto Flores Garcia, 77, was crushed to death by a utility pole uprooted by hurricane winds.
Yolendis Castillo Martinez, 27, died when a balcony damaged by the storm collapsed onto the bus she was riding in.
Hurricane Irma killed at least 10 people during the 72 hours that it battered Cuba, damaged nearly every region
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