Tag: Hurricane Michael

• Saturday, October 13th 2018 - 13:13 UTC

  Cuba back to tobacco production after Hurricane Michael

  

  Cuba's tobacco planting season began this past week in the central Sancti Spiritus province, the country's second largest tobacco producer, while work to repair the damages caused by Hurricane Michael has commenced.

• Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  Hurricane Michael 155mph (250km/h) winds flood beach towns in Florida and moves to Georgia

  

  The most powerful hurricane ever to hit the north-west state of Florida has flooded beach towns, submerging homes and snapping trees like twigs. Hurricane Michael made landfall on Wednesday afternoon as a category three storm with 250km/h winds in the state's Panhandle region. Two people have been reported killed in Florida.