▁of ▁houses ▁and ▁dam aged ▁many ▁others ▁along ▁the ▁storm ' s ▁path . ▁About ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0   people ▁were ▁left ▁hom eless , ▁many ▁of ▁whom ▁lack ing ▁food ▁or ▁medical ▁supplies . ▁In ▁the ▁interior ▁of ▁the ▁country , ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁dropped ▁ra inf all ▁that ▁flo oded ▁rivers ▁and ▁towns . ▁Dam age ▁was ▁estimated ▁at ▁$ 1 1   mill ion , ▁and ▁a ▁report ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁indicated ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁about ▁ 7 0   de ath s ▁in ▁the ▁country ; ▁however , ▁newspaper ▁accounts ▁from ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁indicated ▁there ▁were ▁around ▁ 1 0 0   de ath s . ▁After ▁the ▁storm , ▁police ▁officers ▁were ▁deployed ▁to ▁maintain ▁order . ▁Offic ers ▁shot ▁and ▁killed ▁five ▁people ▁caught ▁lo oting ▁in ▁Hav ana , ▁although ▁the ▁death s ▁were ▁not ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁overall ▁death ▁to ll . ▁Official s ▁deployed ▁tr uck s ▁to ▁pick ▁up ▁wounded ▁citizens . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁was ▁over ▁the ▁Bah am as ▁late ▁on ▁August   3 0 , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁We ather ▁Bureau ▁issued ▁storm ▁warnings ▁for ▁southern ▁Florida . ▁Two ▁days ▁later , ▁the ▁storm ▁struck ▁Cuba ▁and ▁passed ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁state , ▁producing ▁peak ▁wind s ▁of ▁ ▁in ▁Key ▁West . ▁The ▁wind s ▁caused ▁little ▁damage ; ▁however , ▁high ▁waves ▁destroyed ▁a ▁sea ▁wall ▁and ▁was hed ▁onto ▁a