Cuba assesses damage

Officials in Cuba are assessing the trail of destruction left by Hurricane Gustav, which pummeled western provinces for several hours on Saturday.

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Several villages in Pinar del Rio were flattened by the hurricane, which passed over Cuba as a category 4 storm.



State media reported that more than 250,000 people were relocated from the storm\'s path.



There have been reports of many injuries on the Isle of Youth, but the extent of those injuries could not be immediately ascertained.



Gustav has left a trail of death and destruction in the Caribbean since the start of the week.



More than 70 people were killed in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.



Most of the deaths were reported in Haiti where nearly 60 people perished, as a result of flooding and mudslides.