Strongest tornado in 8 decades hits Cuba, four dead, 195 injured

HAVANA - A rare and powerful tornado has devastated sections of Havana, killing four people and injuring 195, as it overturned cars, uprooted trees and destroyed dozens of homes. Officials called it the strongest tornado to hit the country in nearly 80 years.

A shaken resident, recalling a night of terror, said she clutched her daughter and crouched down in her kitchen as the tornado came roaring on Sunday night.

"It was as if rocks were falling - it was hail - and I felt things beginning to fall. It lifted my entire roof and took everything away," said a sobbing Canaima Hernandez, 36.