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100,000 Cuban homes slammed by Hurricane Irma await repairs months later

January 15, 2018

Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald
Photo Credit: Ramon Espinosa/AP

Electrical power was quickly restored after Hurricane Irma’s scrape along Cuba’s northern coast, much of the flood damage in Havana was cleaned up within weeks, and tourism facilities opened in time for the winter season.

But the island still bears deep scars from Irma’s passage.

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