Cubans evacuate and prepare ahead of Hurricane Rafael, which is expected to make landfall on the island as a hurricane on November 6, compounding the misery wrought by a massive blackout and Hurricane Oscar. On Wednesday morning, the storm was about 260 kilometers southeast of Havana and was packing winds of 99 mph (160 kph), making it a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Five is the strongest.
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00:00I'm going to try to get in.
00:07Good luck.
00:17What?
00:18Go back.
00:20It's a hurricane.
00:22It's a hurricane and it's coming straight into here.
00:25Straight, straight through here.
00:27Well, at least we've seen a part of Europe, here in Nacional.
00:42From what I see, there's not a soul, I'm sure they're going to yell at me.
00:46Because everyone here is a neighbor, you see?
00:48They don't know each other, there's no one left.
00:50Don't worry, I'll call them and see if they're there.
00:56I'm going to try to get in.