The heavy and sustained rain falls on the western Cuban province of killings They have caused flooding on Tuesday in several of its municipalities, especially those located to the east of the territory, according to local media reports.
The most recent part issued by the Provincial Meteorological Center of the territory, and disclosed by the local parrot Girón through its Facebook page, the accumulated rainfall in the last 24 hours reached 275.6 millimeters in the station of Jovellanos.
Meanwhile, the rain gauges located in 17 other points of the Matanzas geography reported records greater than 100 millimeters in that same period of time, adds the media outlet.
Inhabitants of the Laurentino neighborhood, of the Carlos Rojas Popular Council in Jovellanos, were evacuated in an emergency due to sudden floods that reached significant heights, reported, for its part, the telecentre Yumuri TV, on your page in the same social network.
According to the information released, no deaths or injuries had been reported so far, but some 120 homes had been seriously affected, in which their inhabitants lost most of their property due to the penetration of water.
Meanwhile, around 960 residents of the community of Camilo 1, in the municipality of Pedro Betancourt, had evacuated themselves, while another 14 have been evacuated so far in the municipal protection center due to flooding caused by heavy rains. in accordance with reports of the provincial press.
Reynaldo Báez, director of Aqueduct and Sewerage in the municipality of Betancoureño, reported that the rain gauge located in that area registered an accumulated of approximately 289 millimeters at 2:00 am on Tuesday. The manager also pointed out that the rainfall caused the town’s canal to overflow, causing flooding on the ground.
The reports highlight the mobilization of various forces and vehicles to guarantee the safety of the local residents and their belongings, and the use of two backhoes on the ground with the aim of lowering the water level, data provided by Hanny Martínez, President of the Municipal Defense Council
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According to the latest preliminary data, managed by the Girón newspaper, the recent rains had affected some 230 tons of yucca, three hectares of sweet potatoes and nine of bananas, as well as another four of corn, while four caballerias of rice remained to be gleaned. Underwater.
As for cattle, four calves had drowned and of the around 22,000 tons of tobacco in the producers’ homes, some 13,600 had excess moisture with the presence of mold, the publication states.
From the municipality of Unión de Reyes, flooding and damage to homes located in the communities of Bermejas, Alacranes and Juan Gualberto Gómez were also reported.
The local radio station Radio Unión reported on its Facebook page about the collapse of a portal, just as a truck with students was passing, a fact in which there were no injuries, only damage to the vehicle.
Given the imminent arrival of heavy rainfall, the Municipal Defense Councils had been activated in the municipalities of Martí and Colón in Matanzas, according to local media.
In addition, the Government of the province had directed the evacuation of nearly 2,300 inhabitants of several of its communities, due to the persistence of the rains, the saturation of the soil, and the relief of several reservoirs that were above their capacities.
The unstable hydrometeorological conditions have generated intense and prolonged rains since last weekend, especially in the west of the island, which according to preliminary data disclosed, had left up to this weekend four people dead and damage to some 750 homes and 32,000 hectares of crops.
These latest data, however, should vary after calculating the effects of the last two days, both in the western region and in the center of Cuba.
