The twister was the strongest to hit Cuba in nearly 80 years, according to Jose Rubiera, a meteorologist with the Cuban weather service. It pummeled its way 7.15 miles (11.5 km) through Havana over 16 minutes, at times reaching 0.62 miles (1 km) in diameter. Like many of her neighbors in the capital’s eastern, working-class borough of Regla, the tornado had smashed most her belongings while the rain had destroyed her appliances. Concrete debris also smashed into her flat, tearing down the wall of one room and shattering the windows. Rubiera was later cited as saying that such phenomena were virtually impossible to predict when they affected such concentrated areas.

Source: bd News24 January 29, 2019 02:03 UTC