HAVANA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Hurricane Ian slammed into western Cuba on Tuesday, forcing evacuations, cutting power to nearly 1 million people and tearing roofs off homes as it tracked northward toward Florida, where residents anxiously await the sprawling storm.
The Category 3 hurricane was nearing Cuba's north coast in Pinar del Rio Province by mid-morning Tuesday, with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour (200 km per hour), the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Mayelin Suarez, a Pinar del Rio resident who sells ice cream in the provincial capital, was . . .
