Tuesday 27 September 2022 08:50 PM Terrifying footage shows Hurricane Ian thrash Cuba with 125mph winds trends now
Cuba has been left in tatters after Hurricane Ian barreled through the area overnight – and is now setting its sights on Florida.
Telephone poles were ripped from the ground and strewn across the street by the 125pmh winds of the Category 3 storm.
Ian was upgraded from a Category 1 to a Category 3 overnight by the National Hurricane Center and hit Cuba’s North coast in Pinar Del Rio Province on Tuesday morning.
The slow-moving storm made landfall just south of Pinar del Rio at 4:30am on Tuesday, two hours after becoming the second major hurricane of 2022.
Terrifying footage shows trees being battered by the winds, as rain lashed down and caused flooding.
A highly destructive storm surge of 14 feet crashed into the coast of cba with flash-flood damage most severe along the path of the hurricane.
The eyewall of Ian missed the capital of Havana, passing around 70 miles west of the city, as Pinar del Rio was hit by the left eyewall.
A highly destructive storm surge of 14 feet crashed into the coast of cba with flash-flood damage most severe along the path of the hurricane
A vintage car attempted to pass through the debris in the middle of the road, after trees were felled and branches covered the path
Cars are seen parked under a bridge in Consolacion del Sur, Cuba, in an attempt to protectthem from the storm
Buildings were destroyed, hurricane barriers few from properties and wires from telephone poles were seen laying in the street in the middle of mud and silt in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Parents were seen carrying their children to safety in the rain, as well as other locals returning to their homes to check on the damage.
Several properties had the rooves blown off while other locals moved their boats from a canal in an attempt to save them.
Thousands of residents were evacuated from the areas to save lives, and it is unclear exactly how much damage has been done by the hurricane.
Cuba's capital, Havana, was hit hard by the storm with workers unclogging storm drains and fishermen taking their boats out of the water to try to protect themselves from the flooding.
