A Cuban flag is seen after Tropical Storm Paloma made landfall in Santa Cruz del Sur, Cuba November 9, 2008. The storm churned over Cuba on Sunday with rapidly weakening winds and a poorly defined center that prompted sharply conflicting assessments about the storm's status from forecasters in the United States and Cuba. In Santa Cruz del Sur, where Paloma made landfall, a 13-foot (4-metre) storm surge had pushed seawater nearly a mile (1.5 km) inland, damaging homes in an area populated by 10,000 people. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA)
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