SLP, Mexico.- The talented and popular Cuban actress Tahimí Alvariño denounced on social networks that, after the passage of the hurricane Raphaelhave now accumulated six days without electricity in Havana, a fact that directly affects the daily lives of families who must try to survive without electricity.
In a message on the social network FacebookAlvariño expressed that it will almost be seven days without electricity service in the area near Vento Street, in the Havana municipality of Cerro.
“There have been six days without electricity on Vento Street, two poles that are about to fall since Wednesday, where thousands of cars pass and all risking their lives,” wrote Alvariño, and accompanied his powerful message with photos of the power lines ready. of collapsing.
According to him, one of the poles It is in the vicinity of the Ignacio Agramonte Basic Secondary School, the Casino Deportivo, a school attended by children who are exposed to the risk of the pole completely collapsing.
Families in the area also suffer from a lack of water and food, since the power outage caused the food to spoil. In the midst of the critical situation, the authorities do not offer them solutions. “No light, no water, no food (because it all rotted),” he exclaimed.
In his complaint, he demanded: “Fix the mess because we can’t take it anymore.”
With desperation and about to reach seven days without power, the artist wonders if this is a study in survival or limitless and inhuman indolence.
This Monday, the Electrical Union (UNE) celebrated that more than 823,000 Havana customers now have electricity service, which constitutes 95% of those affected by the hurricane.
According to the note, they are still working on “complex” breakdowns in the municipalities of Playa, La Lisa, Arroyo Naranjo and Boyeros, but Cerro was not mentioned, where they have not yet restored service.
They also stated that the transmission and subtransmission circuits have already achieved 100% restoration, and in the primary distribution circuits progress is being made with a recovery close to 95%.
“The Havana Electric Company continues to work tirelessly to guarantee the total recovery of electrical service in the capital,” says the UNE text.
In recent days, the Cuban regime admitted that they had registered around 461 total and partial collapses in Havana and thousands of evacuees due to the passage of the hurricane. Raphael through western Cuba.
Yanet Hernández Pérez, governor of the Cuban capital, reported that around 461 landslides occurred in the province, 495 fallen poles with more than 100 transformers, and damage to the gas infrastructure.
The cyclone made landfall at 4:20 pm last Wednesday along the southern coast of the province of Artemisa and left the national territory more than two hours later along the northern coast of Pinar del Río.
The Cuban Institute of Meteorology (INSMET) recorded sustained winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour and intense rains that reached 200 millimeters.