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Summary Hail storms have pelted Cuba, destroying crops and blanketing roadways after a devastating drought.
Cuba, already reeling from the worst drought in the last half century, got what should have been at least some relief this week in the form of violent thunderstorms which brought their own damaging problems, hail accompanied with strong winds.Many parts of the island over the past week have been pelted by large hail as ice balls the size of lemons or small oranges destroyed tobacco crops and mango and other fruit trees as well as pelting unprotected poultry flocks.The roadways were completely covered in the ice balls left by a storm that passed over the town of Holguin in the eastern part of the country.Three years of drought has already brought many Cuban farmers to their knees and the hail and strong winds only add to their difficulties as they struggle to keep their crops alive.
