. ▁ ▁Before ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁struck ▁Cuba , ▁officials ▁war ned ▁of ▁the ▁imp ending ▁storm , ▁and ▁military ▁workers ▁war ned ▁people ▁to ▁remain ▁ind o ors . ▁About ▁ 4 , 0 0 0   people ▁ev acu ated ▁the ▁coast al ▁town ▁of ▁Isabel a ▁on ▁three ▁trains ▁specifically ▁run ▁for ▁the ▁residents . ▁In ▁Hav ana , ▁business ▁own ers ▁secured ▁their ▁properties ▁in ▁anticip ation ▁of ▁the ▁storm . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁death s ▁from ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁occurred ▁in ▁northern ▁Cuba . ▁W inds ▁of ▁over ▁ ▁affected ▁the ▁coast line , ▁and ▁Hav ana ▁reported ▁maximum ▁wind s ▁of ▁. ▁There , ▁the ▁wind s ▁down ed ▁power ▁lines ▁and ▁up root ed ▁trees . ▁High ▁waves ▁flo oded ▁six ▁blocks ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁with ▁up ▁to ▁ ▁of ▁water , ▁entering ▁the ▁cell ars ▁of ▁some ▁homes . ▁East ▁of ▁Hav ana ▁in ▁C ár den as , ▁high ▁waves ▁destroyed ▁the ▁aqu ed uct , ▁while ▁high ▁wind s ▁sever ely ▁dam aged ▁the ▁local ▁sugar ▁industry . ▁A ▁nearby ▁coast al ▁town ▁ ▁east ▁of ▁C ár den as ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁being ▁" virt ually ▁le ve led ▁by ▁the ▁storm " ▁in ▁news ▁reports . ▁In ▁C ien fu egos ▁along ▁the ▁southern ▁coast , ▁the ▁h urr icane ▁destroyed ▁many ▁ships ▁and ▁pi ers . ▁High ▁waves ▁was hed ▁four ▁ships ▁ash ore , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁dam aged ▁another ▁ship . ▁High ▁wind s ▁destroyed ▁hundreds