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Castro: Cuba will recover from Irma

CUBAN President Raul Castro vowed on Monday that the country would recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma.

Mr Castro said the widespread damage from the monster storm, the strongest since records began, was still being assessed after Irma “battered our island” from Friday to Sunday.

Despite well-organised civil-defence efforts 10 people died, seven in the capital Havana, where waves topped the famous Malecon sea wall and flooded city streets.

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