(2 Oct 2002)

Pinar del Rio
1. Man riding bike through heavy storm
2. Three women leaving destroyed home
3. Home damaged by heavy rains and wind
4. Telephone poles bent by winds
5. Two shots of heavy rain falling on road
6. Top of trees blown by strong winds

Las Canas
7. Two shots of fallen trees and homes
8. Two shots of metal roof tops blown by winds
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) VOXPOP:
"The wind has hit very hard. I don't know to what I can compare it with"
10. Home roof top damaged by winds
11. Various homes destroyed by Lili
12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) VOXPOP:
"Look my home is falling"
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) VOXPOP:
"Everything fell from the ceiling in my son's room. At least we are all alive. That is what matters now. Thanks be to God."
14. Various of homes and farm destroyed by Lili

Pinar del Rio
15. Various of homes destroyed by Lili
16. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Fidel Castro, Cuban President:
"After a day in Jamaica it slowly came this way. It passed through the eastern provinces such as Guantanamo. Suddenly, it came fast this way. It came very fast to the point that it arrived almost before I did."
17. Residents walking through heavy rains

Batabano
18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) VOXPOP:
"In my 37 years living in this area this is the first time that this happens here. The winds were very strong pulling the trees from the roots. My home, I have seen the my whole life's work lost. It (Lili) destroyed everything completely."
19. Roof top of home damaged by Lili

La Coloma
20. Two shots of residents using chainsaw to cut up fallen tree

STORYLINE:

Hurricane Lili strengthened as it roared across western Cuba and into the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

Thousands of people fled their homes on the island as the hurricane, graded as a Category 2, hit the island with winds blowing at nearly 100 mph (160 kph).

No casualties were reported although the storm earlier killed seven people in Jamaica and St. Vincent.

Cuban President Fidel Castro on Tuesday travelled to the western province of Pinar del Rio to check on civil defence plans just after the hurricane struck the island's southern end.

The winds and rain uprooted trees and utility poles, knocking out power and tearing roofs from houses and buildings.

Damage to crops in rural areas is expected to be considerable.

Cuba reports that up to 30- thousand people were evacuated to government shelters during the hurricane.

A further 100-thousand took refuge with friends and family members in safer areas.

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