As the hurricane's western edge drenched fields in Cuba's Pinar del Rio province, 20-foot-tall waves still were slamming the sea wall at the port in George Town, Grand Cayman.
An Associated Press crew flew over the Cayman Islands Monday, surveying Grand Cayman, where houses had been reduced to piles of plywood. Officials said the airport in George Town was not functioning and planes were being turned away.
The only signs of activity on the ground were animals congregating on higher ground.
Devastation in JamaicaWalter AstradaAssociated Press"The island looks like a war zone," said Diana Uzzell, a business manager on Grand Cayman.
In Cuba, residents said they feared for their lives.
"Last night, the wind blew like it was the end of the world," said Odalys Lorenzo, a community official at a shelter in southwest Cuba.
Cuban state television reported waves up to 15 feet crashing onto the southern coast of the Isla de Juventud southwest of the main island.
Ivan swirled toward cropland that produces Cuba's famed cigars,
a region still recovering from the effects last month of Hurricane Charley. About 1.3 million Cubans were evacuated from particularly vulnerable areas.
Ivan heads for Cuba’s western tipAs the storm drenches Cuba, it was also expected to deliver strong waves, rain and wind to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula to the southwest. The island of Cozumel shut its airport, halted the arrival of cruise ships and prohibited all maritime navigation. Visitors to Cancun were advised not to stray from their hotels.
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