CUBA
Hurricane Ian destroys tobacco farms

Hurricane Ian knocked out power throughout Cuba and devastated some of the country’s most important tobacco farms when it hit the island’s western tip as a major hurricane on 27 September, reports The Associated Press.
Ian hit a Cuba struggling with an economic crisis and frequently affected by power outages in recent months. It made landfall as a Category 3 storm on the island’s western end, devastating Pinar del Río province, where much of the tobacco used for Cuba’s iconic cigars is grown.
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated and others fled the area ahead of the arrival of Ian, which caused flooding, damaged houses and toppled trees. Authorities are still assessing the damage.
Ian’s winds damaged one of Cuba’s most important tobacco farms in La Robaina. “It was apocalyptic, a real disaster,” said Hirochi Robaina, owner of the farm that bears his name and that his grandfather made known internationally. Robaina, who also owns cigar maker Finca Robaina, posted photos on social media of destroyed wooden and thatched roofs, greenhouses in ruins and overturned cars.
Cuba’s Meteorology Institute said the city of Pinar del Río was in the heart of the hurricane for an hour and a half.

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