AREQUIPA, Peru – Intense rains affected various locations in Havana this Friday, causing flooding in some areas of the capital.
Images posted by the official press of the regime account for the impact. In its forecast for the day, the Institute of Meteorology (INSMET) warned about this heavy rainfall in the city.
In your part for this saturday December 28, the entity confirmed that rain and cloudiness will continue in much of the Island.
“It will be mostly cloudy in a large part of the national territory, with the occurrence of some showers, rains and isolated electrical storms, in localities of the interior and northern coast of the west and center, more isolated in the rest of the country,” highlights INSMET.
In this regard, the institute also predicted that in the afternoon the maximum temperatures will be between 25 and 28 degrees Celsius, lower where clouds and rain persist, higher in the interior of the eastern region.
For its part, at night temperatures will be between 21 and 24 degrees Celsius, lower in localities in the interior of the West, higher in coastal areas.
The floods in the Cuban capital transcend a few days before the end of 2024, a year that marked Cubans due to the impact of several natural phenomena, including the devastating hurricanes Oscar and Rafael, as well as several earthquakes.
In the early hours of last Monday, a earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale shook the southeastern region of Cuba, according to the report from the National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS).
The earthquake occurred at 1:00 am and had its epicenter 35 kilometers southwest of Chivirico, in the province of Santiago de Cuba, with a depth of 9 kilometers. It was perceived not only in the five eastern provinces, but also in Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila, according to local reports.
This recent tremor adds to a series of significant seismic movements that have impacted eastern Cuba between November and December, accumulating 137 perceptible earthquakes so far this year.
