Hurricane Yan has destroyed more than 8,500 hectares of cultivated land in Cuba.

APA informs that "Tribuna de La Habana" published information about this.

As a result of the natural disaster, 5,200 hectares of banana and 1,400 hectares of cocoa plantations were destroyed.

In addition, the hurricane destroyed tomato, rice and corn fields.

In the province of Pinar del Rio, a natural disaster made 200 tons of dried tobacco leaves unusable.