MIAMI, United States. –Guantanamo journalist Miguel Reyes Mendoza, who works for state media such as Cubadebate, revealed this Tuesday the identity of the six people who died in the municipality of San Antonio del Sur during the passage of Hurricane Oscar.
Among the victims are three older adults over 80 years old, two people between 30 and 40 years old and a five-year-old child. The deceased were identified as:
- Francisco Colombia Matos92 years old
- Esmeraldo Noa Fiffe82 years old
- Antolino Areas Dominguez84 years old
- Alexander Saben Matos42 years old
- Irianni Labañino Domínguez31 years old
- Luís Andis Elías Labañinofive years old
The Cuban leader, Miguel Díaz-Canel, reported this Monday on the human losses caused by the meteorological phenomenon that made landfall on Sunday in Guantánamo and remained “almost stationary” in the east of the Island.
“Unfortunately, according to the information we have, six human lives have been lost in the municipality of San Antonio del Sur. Rescue operations continue for the population, and the damage and impacts are being evaluated, because there are completely flooded areas that have not yet been accessible,” Díaz-Canel declared to Cuban Television.
Although authorities have not specified the causes of death, images shared on social networks suggest that the victims could have died from drowning due to intense flooding in the region.
Díaz-Canel added: “It must be said that the municipalities of San Antonio and Imías have been hit hard by this event. “Flood levels that had not historically been documented in these two areas have even been recorded.”
The ruler emphasized on his social networks that there are still areas considered inaccessible and highlighted that the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) and the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) are working on rescue efforts in those municipalities.
The coincidence of Oscar’s passage through the east of the country with the collapse of the National Electrical System (SEN) It left millions of Cubans without electricity and without the possibility of receiving accurate information about the meteorological event.
