The main incidences of the current floods have been mainly in the Vedado-Malecón Council.
LIMA, Peru – The eighth cold front of the current winter season has caused moderate to strong sea penetrations on the Havana coast of Cuba this Sunday.
According to information from the official pressthe push of northwesterly winds, with gusts exceeding 80 km/h, has generated waves of up to 4 meters, causing the Malecón wall to overflow and accumulate water in the low areas.
Images of the floods in the capital have circulated since this morning on the media and social networks. The official reporter Lazaro Manuel Alonso shared on Facebook a video of the moment when the Cuban Red Cross and rescuers from the Fire Department accompanied a newlywed couple, who were on their Honeymoon at the Meliá Cohíba.
When the couple’s departure to a safe area became complicated, relatives of the young people alerted the authorities, who were making tours in the affected areas of El Vedado.
A report from the state Caribbean Channel He described the events as “the most significant flooding of the current winter season.”
The main incidence of flooding has been mainly in the Vedado-Malecón council, with the presence of water also in streets such as Quinta, Tercera, in the areas of A, B, also reaching G.
The most significant effects left by the phenomenon towards the beginning of the afternoon are in the electrical service and the cisterns of the buildings.
The president of the Municipal Defense Council in Plaza, Roilán Rodríguez, commented that the assessment of the damage is still preliminary, but there were around 38 basements and 28 cisterns affected by maritime penetration.
“We have not closed it because there are still water levels and we continue working. People have always been able to make their own alternatives. And at this minute we have two broken transformers, even a fallen pole and more than 22 complaints at this minute,” said the manager.
In the Plaza de la Revolución municipality, more than 500 people self-evacuated, while another seven remain in protection centers.
The weather forecast for February 1 indicates that it will be cloudy in much of the country with showers and rain in areas of the northern coast, which will extend to the interior and south from the end of the morning. from the western region and in the afternoon they will decrease in the eastern half. Meanwhile, in the rest of the country, rainfall will be isolated.
Likewise, the afternoon will be wintery with maximum temperatures between 15 and 18 degrees Celsius in the west and center, between 18 and 21 degrees Celsius in the eastern region.
For its part, it is estimated that the night will be very cold, with temperatures between 11 and 14 degrees Celsius in the west and center, up to 16 degrees Celsius in the eastern region., lower in some localities in the central region.
The winds will be from the northwest with speeds between 15 and 30 kilometers per hour, up to 35 km/h on the north coast, with higher gusts. At night they will be north with speeds between 15 and 30 kilometers per hour, higher in gusts on the north coast.
