Madrid/The heavy rains that the imelda storm is leaving in Santiago de Cuba have left a deadly victim, Luis Mario Pérez Coitorio, a 60 -year -old man whose housing collapsed early, while sleeping, for a landslide.
The house was located on a hillside of the Veguita cast of Galo, in Santiago de Cuba and, according to the official version, disseminated by TV Santiago, it was not an apt place to live. “Family members present at the scene informed the authorities that while they had the custody of Luis Mario this had an adequate coexistence and a safe home, but unfortunately he decided to return. They even asked him to pass with them the current storm taking into account the vulnerability of their home,” says the publication.
From the hundred comments that have followed the publication, it follows that the deceased was a vulnerable person. “What a painful news. Great person, he was my neighbor. A person who, because of his physical situation, was able to fight his weights like a warrior, selling trapers, bruise stick, sought his firewood to make his food, how sad. Rest, my friend, my friend. God have in glory, flies very high,” a user wrote.
The official information stressed that the body was recovered by the rescue and rescue teams, but the deceased’s sister has left several messages in the publication thanking the condolences but asking that “the truth” be told and denying that Beatriz Johnson Urrutia, first secretary of the party in the province, was present in the place. “From 1 in the morning my brother was under the rubble and a neighbor of him warned us at 1 in the afternoon. My eldest son along with neighbors took him out, when the firefighters arrived they had already taken it out,” said Nivia Pérez, who also insisted that his brother was not married, in front of what the publication said.
“Do not write lies, respect the pain of others. My brother lived alone in that house in bad condition,” he reaffirmed.
A neighbor also referred to the insecurity of the area. “My mom has a Ceiba bush stuck to her house, with these rains a wall knocked on her and nobody does anything. No matter how Wall and in Santiago there is no one to respond.
The force of the rains has also left an important structural damage on the Cañizo bridge, in the municipality of Guama. “The weather phenomenon undermined one of the corners of infrastructure, exposing the concrete base that supports the passage.
Currently, the only visible and functional part of the bridge is the upper slab, which represents a potential risk for vehicles and pedestrians. Any additional weight on the structure could compromise its stability, so extreme caution is required when traveling in the area, ”they have indicated the official sources.
The Cañizo bridge connects several rural communities with the center of the municipality and is used daily by residents, transporters and basic services, indicates the information. However, the road has not been cut completely, although it is requested to “limit traffic and establish security measures to avoid accidents.”
Another damaged infrastructure has been the electricity grid, already weakened. The general director in the province, Javier Calero Román, indicated that there are falls of posts and failures in distribution lines, especially in the Guama area and the city of Santiago. General Director of the Provincial Electric Company, who said that the main incidents are due to the fall of posts and the deterioration of distribution lines.
“We are prioritizing the circuits that feed vital centers such as hospitals, pumping stations and high population concentration areas. Coordination with the Provincial Work Group has been key to organizing response actions and guaranteeing access to committed areas,” said Calero Román. The damage is not, he states, great, but the recovery also depends on the evolution of the storm.
Imelda has left more than 18,000 evacuated in Guantanamo. It is planned, according to the last part of the Institute of Meteorology (INSMET) that the rains continue with force at least in the south and the mountainous areas of the East. The center can suffer some showers, while in the western zone, which will be cloudy, the rains are planned.
Given the current situation, local authorities have suspended classes at all levels of teaching in Santiago and Guantanamo, although children’s circles will serve.
The Hydraulic Use Company of Santiago de Cuba said that 8.2 million cubic meters have been collected these days in the 16 reservoirs of the province, which until now suffered a great drought.
