02-11-2012 08:02 AM | Cuba

Cuba crops ravaged by storm too, UN warns

Hurricane Sandy, which killed 11 people and damaged more than 188,000 homes when it tore across eastern Cuba, also ravaged almost 100,000 hectares (245,000 acres) of crops, a UN report warned on Wednesday.

Sandy devastated Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago de Cuba, as well as rural areas critical to farming in the cash-strapped Communist country of 11.2mn that imports much of its food.
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