Hurricane Matthew hit the east side of the island, but seems to have spared Santiago de Cuba and mostly hit barely populated areas (Cuba still has a lot of wilderness.)

That said, the beautiful town of Baracoa, the first Spanish settlement in Cuba, got hit very hard.

– Ken McCarthy
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