Hurricane Rita: Cuba

Workers clean the street in the sea-wall "Malecon", in Havana, Cuba, Sept. 21, 2005, after Hurricane Rita passed near the coasts of northern Cuba.

A girl of the town El Cajio walks on a flooded street in Havana, Cuba, Sept. 21, 2005.

A family waits for water levels to decrease in their flooded house in the town of El Cajio in Havana, Cuba, Sept. 21, 2005, after Hurricane Rita passed near the coasts of northern Cuba.

A resident of the town El Cajio, walks on a flooded street in Havana, Cuba, Sept. 21, 2005, after Hurricane Rita passed near the coasts of northern Cuba.

A man and car are stranded in flooded road as Hurricane Rita approaches Malecon, Havana, Sept. 20, 2005.

Tourists evacuate hotel as Hurricane Rita approaches Varadero, Cuba, Sept. 20, 2005.

Tourists wait after being evacuated from their beachfront hotels in Varadero, Cuba, Sept. 20, 2005. Rita churned up powerful waves along the northern coast of Cuba. Its high winds knocked down poles and scattered tree branches on the streets of this beach resort, east of Havana.

Tourists wait after being evacuated from their beachfront hotels in Varadero, Sept. 20, 2005. Rita churned up powerful waves along the northern coast of Cuba.

Employees of a commercial center prepare for Tropical Storm Rita, Sept. 19, 2005 in Havana, Cuba. Rita threatened the central and western zones of northern Cuba.

Employees of a theater in Havana prepare for Tropical Storm Rita, Sept. 19, 2005 in Havana, Cuba.