effects hurricane cuba effects cuba included million damages deaths forming tropical wave atlantic_ocean attained peak intensity mph september september storm landfall southeastern cuba minimal category hurricane storm tracked county following days emerging gulf_of_mexico september later making landfall united_states category hurricane storm landfall cuba officials reported people evacuated shelters later reports indicated upwards people evacuated state emergency declared eastern cuba country placed tropical storm hurricane warning storm passage homes destroyed damaged country leaving estimated people homeless agricultural losses severe crop loss estimated annual production accounting roughly million total damages following passage hurricane countries provided relief funds cuba disaster recovery despite crop losses affected residents given essential supplies local government december estimated million funds allocated impacts drought preceded background began tropical wave coast africa mid september tracking west wave spawned area low pressure days later quickly strengthened tropical depression september depression upgraded hurricane day storm reached peak intensity september winds mph category status saffir simpson hurricane scale following days hurricane tracked causing fatalities mainly late september landfall south maintained minimal category status following days tracked northern coastline cuba september entered gulf_of_mexico storm landfall days later near mississippi winds mph shortly landfall hurricane significantly slowed forward motion reducing general drift east dissipated october near atlantic coast florida preparations utc september national_hurricane_center issued hurricane watch eastern cuba areas provinces following day watch extended northward areas south placed hurricane warning time utc september areas previously hurricane watch hurricane warnings watch extended tracked southern cuba areas south placed hurricane warning september hurricane warnings discontinued country watches discontinued following day september eastern cuba placed storm alert president authorities worked quickly clean storm drains trim trees residents safety including children mountains picking coffee september authorities cuba evacuated residents coastal areas neared landfall reported nearly people evacuated placed shelters later reports stated people evacuated dangerous areas flights county cancelled schools closed storm addition evacuation residents head cattle relocated higher ground refugees haiti residents town evacuated additional people evacuated people evacuated region estimated people evacuated heads cattle people evacuated relief crews staged shelters set province residents evacuated students relocated construction crews worked quickly secure dilapidated homes evacuated tourists region tourists sheltered numerous hotels hospitals warned unknown reasons pictures damage storm passed eastern cuba storm alert placed state emergency threat president emphasized severity hurricane hour address nation september explained great detail civil preparation maps impacts past hurricanes note refuse aid united_states cuba accept aid country impact cuba produced torrential rainfall peaking inches province locations reported foot precipitation storm surge feet expected eastern coastline dangerous waves surge winds reduced time hit cuba retained winds mph stronger gusts waves exceeding impacted coastal regions county areas reporting waves topping sea wall community lose power located heavy rains outer bands triggered flooding region rain fell september sustained winds hurricane reached mph higher gusts storm tracked eastern cuba september eye passed rivers overflowed banks flooded provincial capital power lines downed region contact officials area impossible hurricane heavy rainfall resulted mudslides mountainous terrain combined strong winds damaged homes completely destroyed affected nations caribbean left homeless total businesses damaged destroyed high winds downed power lines trees telephone poles leaving eastern cuba electricity aftermath storm coast severe flooding washed railroad highway bridges eastern cuba area affected central western portion island including havana experienced torrential rains strong wind gusts strong waves broke caused heavy flood damage town old buildings puerto_rico hispaniola severe drought exacerbated flood disruption crops eastern cuba heavy rainfall damaged crops greatly despite effort harvest prior arrival crop chief food country diet destroyed crop fared badly limiting country important export crops coffee plantations suffered hurricane damaging country food supply total hectares tons fruit destroyed agricultural losses storm estimated million executed evacuations warnings limited death toll damage amounted million usd million usd addition human lives lost heads cattle chickens killed human deaths indirectly related death occurred year old woman stepped downed wire second occurred year old man drove downed wire motorcycle aftermath september government spain approved million food assistance cuba september government japan sent water equipment soap emergency health kits worth affected areas cuba february provided cuba nearly million disaster funds emergency cash grant given cuba united_nations mobilized volunteers assist victims storm shelters set island plastic distributed week residents patch holes roof homes sent relief goods valued october february distributed sheets nearly people provinces months storm reported allocated million funds suffering food shortages month drought president announced government supply people age accounts roughly cuba population extra food aid estimated tonnes food set aside action food worth million dollars people qualified aid receive rice lived western cuba lived eastern cuba month july provided million aid effects drought december requested million help recover hurricane drought time million set aside reason supplied shelter residents supplied kits food water relief materials december united_nations launched large scale rehabilitation effort cuba roughly million spent housing infrastructure reconstruction repair portion project consisted reconstruction homes schools businesses hospitals irrigation water system million inform protect residents post storm diseases largest effort involved jump starting agriculture fisheries roughly million provided reconstruct fishing vessels purchase new tools gear mid february germany canada european_union provided million funds respectively government israel supplied agricultural tools government norway provided water borne disease prevention funds agencies provided cuba roughly million disaster funding
Effects of Hurricane Georges in Cuba