Havana/A strong water thrombus fell on Monday over Havana leaving floods at some points, such as Luyanó, which was completely dark after the impact of lightning around six in the afternoon. The residents of that municipality saw how in a few minutes the water sneaked through doors and windows, even in homes in good condition. The light did not return until after eight at night and water, which should have been pumped on Monday, it did not arrive.
“A docker of a nearby company was telling another that where he lives flooded everything, and that the casseroles and things of the neighbor’s saints next door floated to the street,” said a neighbor of Luyanó to this newspaper. In his home, the water razed even with the paint of the facade.
Havana authorities analyzed the situation in A meeting this Monday and called the population to take precautionary measures before the flood. “I have seen young people in the streets by raffling the waters and waves that cause some vehicles. Right now on white road and the intersection of Vento and Lacret, not only hooked on the cars, but in openly vandalism and siege attitudes,” said the first secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party, Liván Izquierdo Alonso.
The authorities of Havana analyzed the situation in a meeting this Monday and called the population to take precautionary measures against the flood
“In the area of the Avenida del Puerto and the intersection of the factory street, an extremely dangerous area, a vehicle was trapped. Despite the presence of a unit of the Fire Command, some drivers insist on crossing the dangerous area. Among them jeep Boteros and buses with passengers. I wonder: what do those drivers have in their heads and why are they unable to notice the danger? ”He snapped.
The population, however, denounces that the lack of cleaning of the streets and the bad drainage of the sewerage convert again and again a deadly trap the streets of Havana when the rain raises, without being done enough for a maintenance that guarantees safety.
The videos of streets flooded throughout the capital have realized, in social networks, of the situation, associated with the tropical storm Erin, which is being formed in the Atlantic and threatens to become the first hurricane of the season. The Institute of Meteorology (INSMET) is monitoring the situation, although it considers that there is no potential risk for the island.
Erin was on Monday afternoon located about 455 kilometers west of Cabo Verde and moves west with a speed of 31 kilometers per hour. The last part of the Insmet, from 3 in the morning, speaks of rains and storms during the day of Tuesday, without being contemplated to be severe. However, he warns, “in areas with rains and associated thunderstorms, the force of the wind and the height of the waves can be increased.”
