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A man walks through the wind and rain brought by Hurricane Rafael in Havana, Cuba, November 6, 2024
CUBA fought back after a fierce category three hurricane ripped across the island and knocked out the country’s power grid today.
The magnitude of the impact remained unclear through the early hours of the day, but forecasters warned that Hurricane Rafael could bring “life-threatening” storm surges, winds and flash floods to Cuba.
This came after the Cayman Islands and Jamaica suffered heavy flooding and landslides.
Hurricanes might have natural causes but the tragedy that follows is entirely human-made and a consequence of capitalist greed, asserts ROGER McKENZIE
While ordinary Americans were suffering in the wake of 2005’s deadly hurricane, the Bush administration was more concerned with maintaining its anti-Cuba stance than with saving lives, writes MANOLO DE LOS SANTOS
