The authorities have not identified the victim so far.
Miami, United States. – The Prime Minister of the Cuban regime, Manuel Marrero Cruz, revealed in x that the heavy rains associated with the tropical storm Imelda have left two deceased in the east of the country. “We continue to contact the authorities of the provinces affected by heavy rains, especially Guantanamo and Santiago de Cuba, where we regret the death of two people,” the official wrote.
Marrero Cruz did not specify the identity of the deceased person or the circumstances in which the incident occurred. Until the time of publishing this note (6:53 pm), no official Cuban media had identified the victim.
In the early hours of this Sunday, the Specialist of Rescue and Rescue Aris Arias Batalla, of Santiago de Cuba, He reported on Facebook that Luis Mario Pérez Coitorio, 60, had died when part of his home collapsed for a landslide in the Veguita de Galo cast.
According to that source, the collapse occurred while the man slept. Neighbors of the area located the victim’s body among the debris, while the firefighters, along with rescuers of Vista Alegre command, recovered the body.
The house was on a hillside with known risks. The wife of the deceased, an older woman with hearing impairment, survived and was transferred to a protected place.
Given the worsening of the weather conditions due to the passage of the tropical storm Imelda through the vicinity of the eastern region of Cuba, the classes were suspended in the provinces Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo. The University of Oriente announced the paralysis of all activities from Monday, September 29 “until” weather conditions allow their resumption. In Guantanamo, the provincial authorities also arranged the closure of schools for security.
The provisional balance includes thousands of evacuees, incommunicado communities, landslides, rivers floods, partial landslides and electrical effects in several locations in the East, with greater impact in Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo and Granma.
The newspaper We will overcome He reported that in Guantanamo there are about 18,000 evacuated and that the highest authorities toured municipalities such as Imías, San Antonio del Sur, the provincial capital, Manuel Tames and El Salvador to assess damage, monitor rivers and supervise attention in evacuation centers.
This state medium also found affectations to roads and bridges – among them the provisional passage in Jesús Lores, dragged by the waters – and pointed out that the rains continue, with greater damages in Caimanera (Hatibonico, Cayamo and the header), where sliding, collapse of homes, damage to the electric laying, grown and fall of trees are recorded.
In Santiago de Cuba, the Official Gazette Sierra Maestra He reported 11 partial landslides of homes and retaining walls, in addition to flooding, falling trees and overflows – in particular of the Siga river – that left incommunicado communities.
According to this newspaper, emergency equipment is currently deployed “in the most vulnerable areas.”
According to him Tropical cyclone notice No. 6 From the Institute of Meteorology (INSMET), issued at 6:00 am on Monday, Imelda was strengthened over the Bahamas-maximum vessels of 75 km/Hy minimum pressure of 996 HPA-, with a center at 25.6 ° N and 77.1 ° O, about 70 km north of Nassau and 130 km to the south-sudeste of large abacus.
The specialists expect the system to continue organizing with a high probability of becoming a hurricane in the next few days and maintaining instability over Cuba with strong showers and storms, especially in mountainous areas of the East and Center.
