Hurricane Dennis and Hurricane Ivan
In July 2005, Cuba weathered Hurricane Dennis and in September 2004 Hurricane Ivan — two of the most powerful storms to strike the Caribbean in the last century,. In the case of Dennis, just 10 people died amid massive damage to island, while Ivan claimed not a single victim. In both cases, Cuba succeeded in evacuating more than 1.5 million people, emptying out entire flood-prone coastal areas. People were provided buses to pre-arranged shelters staffed with medical personnel and stocked with food and water, as well as to private homes that took in the evacuees
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