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10 days later, Cubans still recovering from Hurricane Ian

A resident left homeless by Hurricane Ian holds an empty bowl as he waits for his turn to eat at a school-turned-shelter in La Coloma, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) An apple vendor stands amid playing children in La Coloma, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, a week after Hurricane Ian. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Odelaise Ramos, who is eight and a half months pregnant, rests at a school-turned-shelter after her home became inhabitable due to Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in Pinar del Roo province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Ramos said she decided to name her child Ian, after the storm. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Workers recover tobacco from a drying barn that was destroyed one week ago by Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Tobacco farmer Hirochi Robaina drives his tractor past destroyed tobacco barns on his farm one week after Hurricane Ian in San Luis, in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Children play ball in La Coloma, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, one week after Hurricane Ian. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A resident drives his horse-drawn cart past trees destroyed by Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A resident uses a can of benzine for light while electricity is down one week after Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, after sunset Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Residents walk along a street left dark one week prior by Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) The Ramos family cooks dinner over a fire outside their storm-damaged home that continues without electricity one week after Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A teacher dries out books at a school that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Javier Diaz poses for a photo next to his home that was destroyed by Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A man helps load a trailer with the belongings of his friends, who are moving the items to a home in better conditions, one week after Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Residents affected by Hurricane Ian walk home with drinking water in containers in La Coloma, in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) People collect drinking water from a tanker truck one week after Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Residents whose homes became inhabitable due to Hurricane Ian get a hot meal at a school-turned-shelter in La Coloma, in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A youth plays amid the remains of a home destroyed by Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A worker repairs power lines downed by Hurricane Ian along a road where people travel by horse-drawn carts in La Coloma, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Mari Carmen Zambrano poses for a photo on her broken and wet bed as she dries it outside her home that lost its roof to Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) People line up at a tanker truck distributing drinking water amid the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) A volunteer cleans a roofless classroom at a school that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)