23 die as storm hammers Cuba
NZPA Miami Twenty-three people died and hundreds were left homeless when Hurricane Alberto swept furiously through Cuba before dissipating as quickly as it had appeared. Havana Radio said yesterday. Alberto, shrunk to just a tropical depression with winds of 50km/h. was stalled about 320 km south-west of Fort Myers. Florida, by noon. Hurricane forecasters pre-
dieted that the cool Gulf of Mexico waters would sap its remaining strength. According to a broadcast Alberto had killed 20 Cubans in the westernmost Pinar del Rio Province, while three others had died in Havana. Six people were reported missing and 50.000 had been shifted from their homes. The storm had demolished 83 buildings in the capital city and destroyed 71 homes in hard-hit Pinar del Rio. the broadcast said.
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