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epa10886584 Juan Carlos Carrasco shows what is left of his kitchen a year after the passage of hurricane Ian, in his house near La Coloma, province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, 27 September 2023. Carrasco, 50, said 'Tobacco and tobacco houses were more important than people'. According to official figures, of the 12,000 tobacco leaf drying houses affected by the hurricane, 3,816 (32 percent) have already been completely rebuilt and another 1,180 (9.8 percent) are in the process of construction. Hurricane Ian made landfall on western Cuba on 27 September 2022 as a high-end Category 3 hurricane and considered the strongest tropical cyclone to impact Pinar del Rio Province since Hurricane Gustav in 2008. According to figures from the Ministry of Construction, after one year only 43 percent of the more than 100,000 homes damaged by Ian have been recovered, and of the 12,805 total collapses, only 427 (three percent) have been lifted back. EPA/YANDER ZAMORA ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET