The city of Guantanamo recovers after last Tuesday a severe local storm whipped that area of the eastern end of Cuba, leaving a preliminary balance of Four totally collapsed homes and another 146 with partial damage. No fatal or injured victims have been reportedaccording to official media.
The phenomenon, characterized by heavy rains, strong wind gusts – up to 104 kilometers per hour according to data from the Provincial Meteorological Center—,, electric shocks and hail fall, also caused breakdowns in seven educational institutionsas well as the fall of trees on electricity and communications.
According to GranmaLocal authorities quickly activated response protocols.
The civil defense mobilized a temporary work group for the evaluation of damages and the restoration of services, while specialized brigades worked from the following hours to clear streets and restore damaged infrastructure.
Damage
The four families affected by total landslides are being treated, said the Official Gazette.
Several neighbors welcomed three of them and one remains provisionally in an alternative property of their property, he said to GranmaAlbis López Ramírez, first secretary of the Municipal Committee of the Party.
The Cause of the weather event is attributed to a combination of atmospheric factors: A weak anticyclonic influence, extreme temperatures that reached 37.4 ° C and a trough located north of the Bahamas.
This combination, typical of the season, generated auspicious conditions for a quick evolution storm, explained the meteorologist Enrique perigated the newspaper Granma.
The situation shows again the vulnerability of the housing fund on the island. According to official data cited by EFE, More than 37 % of homes in Cuba are in regular or poor technical conditionand the country faces a deficit of more than 850,000 houses.
The recovery work continues, and although the reported damages are preliminary, the authorities have reiterated that the affected attention will be maintained until definitive solutions are found.
