Specialists from the Cuban Institute of Meteorology (Insmet), reported this morning, in their daily report on the development and future of Tropical Storm Oscar, that it is moving away from the east, still leaving damage.
So far, the Storm has left six people dead in Guantánamo, preliminary data, because there are still several communities cut off by flooding or landslides and rocks on adjacent roads.
Due to its importance we reproduce the morning report of TODAY from Insmet.
Tropical Storm Oscar remains with little change in intensity, moving away from the national territory. It has maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts, and its minimum central pressure has risen to 1006 hectopascal. This system continues on a close course towards the north-northeast and has increased its speed to 19 kilometers per hour.
The central region of Oscar at six in the morning was estimated at 22.8 degrees North latitude and 74.7 degrees West longitude, a position that places it approximately 210 kilometers north-northeast of Punta Lucrecia, Holguín province and about 45 kilometers north-northeast of Punta Lucrecia, Holguín province. kilometers southeast of Long Island, in the southern Bahamas.
The cloudy and rainy areas associated with this system continue to be disorganized and although their influence over the eastern region of Cuba has decreased, they still remain over the eastern end and its adjacent seas.
Morning part of Insmet this October 22
The presence of an extended trough from Tropical Storm Oscar to the east of the country will favor rainfall in the next few hours, which could still be strong in some locations, mainly in mountainous areas.
The strength of the winds over the eastern region will reach speeds between 10 and 25 kilometers per hour, up to 35 kilometers per hour in areas of the northern coast. With this wind regime, the swells will continue on the north eastern coast.
The next tropical cyclone warning will be issued at six pm today, Tuesday.
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