"Cyclone Kate swept away all the wooden houses that were above the water," says an inhabitant of Isabela de Sagua, the 'Venice of Cuba', a small town on Cuba's northern coast that is fighting to survive climate change and an exodus of its young people. Although half the population has left this idyllic spot on the Cuban coast, many of the remaining 3,000 residents say they have no intention of leaving. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES