Ray Nagin to meet with Cuban officials , learn about disaster plans . State Department sanctioned visit , mayor 's representative says . Comment: The mayor of Galveston , Texas , another city hit hard by Gulf of Mexico hurricanes , visited Cuba this year . Three hurricanes hit Cuba last year , but only seven people died .
Ray Nagin to meet with Cuban officials , learn about disaster plans . State Department sanctioned visit , mayor 's representative says . Comment: Three hurricanes hit Cuba last year , but only seven people died .