- Title: Cuba braces for slow-moving Hurricane Matthew
- Date: 4th October 2016
- Summary: SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA (OCTOBER 4, 2016) (REUTERS) WAVE CRASHING ON SHORE IN FRONT OF HOUSE ON SIBONEY BEACH WAVE BREAKING ON ROCKS MAN WALKING ON RUBBLE OF HOUSE DESTROYED BY SEA RUBBLE WET FLOOR INSIDE HOUSE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MILEYDIS RIOS, PLAYA SIBONEY RESIDENT, SAYING: "At three in the morning here, we came to see what had happened and nothing was taking place. It started at 4 in the morning. It knocked down the doors, the blinds and the bathroom. It tore up everything in here." PEOPLE WALKING DOWN STREET WITH RUBBLE AND ROCKS PEOPLE LOOKING AT SEA FROM DESTROYED HOUSE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GABRIEL, PLAYA SIBONEY RESIDENT, SAYING: "The crashing of the waves woke me up. I had to get out of bed and when I stood up and went to the terrace of my house, the waves were high and crashed in front of my house with rocks and things." CHILDREN LOOKING AT SEA FROM DESTROYED HOUSE VARIOUS OF MEN WITH DOG INSIDE DESTROYED HOUSE PEOPLE STANDING ON BALCONY OF HOUSE AND LOOKING AT WAVES CRASHING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) YOMARA RODRIGUEZ, PLAYA SIBONEY RESIDENT, SAYING: "Last night was terrible, the waves were enormous, to the point where I thought they were going to enter the house. They were very big; they were worse than now." MAN WALKING OVER RUBBLE OF HOUSE DESTROYED BY WAVES OF HURRICANE MATTHEW VARIOUS OF GIANT WAVES CRASHING
- Embargoed: 19th October 2016 15:26
- Keywords: Hurricane Matthew Santiago de Cuba Raul Castro
- Location: HAVANA, SANTIAGO AND GUANTANAMO, CUBA/ INTERNET
- City: HAVANA, SANTIAGO AND GUANTANAMO, CUBA/ INTERNET
- Country: Cuba
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
- Reuters ID: LVA00152LBQKN
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Hurricane Matthew hammered southeastern Cuba overnight on Tuesday (October 4) with fierce winds that generated powerful waves.
In Santiago de Cuba, residents said they began feeling the storm early in the morning.
"At three in the morning here, we came to see what had happened and nothing was taking place. It started at 4 in the morning. It knocked down the doors, the blinds and the bathroom. It tore up everything in here," said resident Mileydis Rios.
"The crashing of the waves woke me up. I had to get out of bed and when I stood up and went to the terrace of my house, the waves were high and crashed in front of my house with rocks and things," added Gabriel, another resident.
The storm is expected to make a direct hit later on Tuesday in the province of Guantanamo, which is home to the disputed U.S. Naval base and military prison and also to a small Cuban city. The U.S. Navy ordered the evacuation of 700 spouses and children of service personnel as the storm approached.
Guantanamo's mountainous terrain is the country's second coffee producer after nearby Santiago, and the storm poses a major threat to the current harvest.
Meanwhile, Matthew ripped into Haiti's southwestern peninsula with 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and storm surges, killing at least one person and damaging homes. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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