Havana/Tropical Imelda depression, which threatens to become a hurricane, left flooding on some populations in the eastern provinces on Friday night. In Caimanera, Guantanamo, the official press published photos of the flooded streets due to heavy rains and in the municipality of the Ministry of Transportation suspended part of public transportation and some railway services.
According to a publication shared by the National Institute of Meteorology (Insmet), “this situation will remain in much of this weekend while the tropical storm is formed.” “We ask the entire population to avoid recklessness and adopt the necessary measures indicated by civil defense,” the institution warned, which added that “the phenomenon moves slowly towards the northwest,” and this morning passed from wave to tropical depression.
For its part, the Ministry of Transportation has taken precautions in Guantanamo, where the situation seems to be more delicate than in other territories. In addition to the public transport of the provincial capital, “they decided to cancel the rail services that link to the city of Holguín with Guantanamo and the city of Santiago de Cuba with Manzanillo, in the Granma province. Local trains will remain circulating until the weather conditions allow it,” Minister Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila said on social networks.
The Province’s Directorate of Culture suspended “until again notice” the entry of students who were in passing to the three local art schools
Also the Directorate of Culture of the Province suspended “until again notice” the entry of students who were in passing to the three local art schools: the Alfredo Velázquez Carcassés Dance School, of Music Antonia Luisa Cabalis Salis, and of training of art instructors.
In this province, according to the medium CNC TV Granmaaccumulated high precipitation highs have been reported, the highest in hatibonico, with 286 millimeters, great land with 215 and imbies with 205. “Nine other points in the eastern zone exceeded 100 millimeters,” added the medium.
At the same time, “at an approximate height of six to 12 kilometers, a trough, which together with the factors at local scale and the evening instability was stimulating the formation of clouds towards the territories of the interior and south of the center and the west, which were accompanied by chubascos and rains,” said the Insmet. ”
As a positive aspect, the authorities have highlighted the relief that the rains will bring to the depressed reservoirs of the island, which has been plunged into a Strong drought. “The most relevant will be the conditions of instability and humidity that the system will provide, mainly affecting the central and oriental regions. Meanwhile, in the west of the country, a trough in the upper atmosphere favored the formation of cloudy and isolated rains,” the Insmet published.
Even so, they have asked citizens, especially those of Eastern Provinces, to avoid crossing rivers or flooded areas, and that put resources and animals to protect.
The forecasts indicate that this Saturday it will rain in a wide area, “from Matanzas to Guantanamo and at night and night”
The forecasts indicate that this Saturday it will rain in a wide area, “from Matanzas to Guantanamo and in the afternoon and night”, although between Camagüey and Oriente the rainfall will be stronger, with increased speed of the winds, isolated hail isolated and “light and moderate floods that can occur in lower areas and of bad drainage,” said the insmet. Wave on the north coast of the eastern provinces is also expected.
To all these situations, Cubans must face between blackouts and lack of resources. For this Saturday, the electric union predicts a deficit of 1,660 megawatts in the peak schedule, more or less the equivalent of half of the demand of the island. In the East, where these cuts are even longer and frequent, with the rains it will be difficult to even resort to alternative means to feed like coal kitchens. As if that were not enough, minutes after publishing the Daily partthe company announced the output of the unit of unit 5 of the thermoelectric plant ten of October, of Nuevitas, by a salider in the boiler.
