The Cuban government has put the cost of the damage at $5 billion — an overwhelming amount for such a small country, equivalent to more than one-tenth of its annual economic output.More than 530,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, reports USA Today. More than 30% of the island’s crops were wiped out, forcing a country that already imports about $2 billion a year in food to bring in even more to keep people from going hungry.
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