AREQUIPA, Peru – The Institute of Meteorology (INSMET) of Cuba reported this Sunday that a large area of low pressure south of the Caribbean Sea has “high probabilities” of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 24 hours.
In a report published on Facebook, cited by the state CubadebateINSMET points out that close monitoring is being maintained on this meteorological situation and its evolution in the coming days, due to its proximity to the Island and its impact.
Likewise, the text addresses the most immediate weather perspectives, indicating that a trough located at the low levels of the troposphere over the Dominican Republic continues to produce shower and thunderstorm activity, in conjunction with a cyclonic circulation at high levels.
The proximity of these systems and the easterly flow have favored the arrival of cloudy weather with rain in the eastern region during the last 24 hours.
The largest accumulated are located in the province from Guantánamo, with 57.8 millimeters in Jamal and 63.7 millimeters in Palenque de Yateras. During the early hours of the morning, some rains have also been reported in the province of Camagüey.
In the rest of the country, isolated rains were reported towards inland areas and the northern coast. This system will maintain the probability of rain in the eastern region, concentrated in the morning in areas of the northern coast and the Guantánamo province.
The forecast of intense rains and a possible cyclone in the Caribbean comes just two weeks after the devastating passage of Hurricane Oscar through the Island.
Oscar was formed quickly and arrived in eastern Cuba on October 20 in the midst of a massive collapse of the national electrical system. Cubans had been without electricity for dozens of hours and many were unaware of the impact of the hurricane.
Although the meteorological event barely reached category one on the Saffir-Simpson scale, it was one of the most devastating in recent years.
The number of deaths due to the passage of the cyclone through the province of Guantanamorose to eight, according to official data revealed this Wednesday in a note from the National Civil Defense General Staff.
According to the communication transmitted in the official Caribbean Channeleight people died and two children were injured. Two other Cubans remain missing according to the regime’s data.
The deceased They were identified as Francisco Colombia Matos, 92 years old; Esmeraldo Noah Fiffe, 82; Antolino Arias Domínguez, 84; Alexander Saben Matos, 42; Iriannis Labañino Domínguez, 31, and Liz Anyi Elíaz Labañino, 5; María Martha Osorio Matos, 81 years old; all of them from San Antonio del Sur, and Ramón Díaz Matos, 86, from the municipality of Imías.
