This Monday the passage of storm Óscar through the east of Cuba unleashed heavy rains and flooding that killed at least six people. As reported by the Civil Defense.
The head of the Operations Department of the General Staff of the Civil Defense, Argenis Perales Pérez, indicated that the deaths occurred in the municipality of San Antonio del Sur, in the province of Guantánamo (east), although he did not provide more details about the incident. .
Hurricane Oscar in eastern Cuba caused heavy rains
Óscar, which entered Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane (out of a total of 5) on the Saffir-Simpson scale on Sunday afternoon, remained on the island for more than 24 hours, bringing with it strong winds, heavy rain and storm surge. .
According to the Institute of Meteorology (Insmet), the storm made landfall near Baracoa at 6:10 p.m. local time on Sunday and left Cuban territory near Gibara around 7:20 p.m. local time on Sunday. Monday.
However, Óscar’s passage through Cuba has considerably weakened the phenomenon, which now has winds of between 30 and 45 kilometers per hour. According to Insmet, the rains and associated thunderstorms will continue to affect the Caribbean island in the coming hours, especially in the mountainous areas.
The evacuees number in the thousands and the damage to public infrastructure, housing and agriculture, especially coffee cultivation, is significant, although it has not yet been fully assessed.
Óscar is the fifteenth tropical storm of the current hurricane season in the Atlantic and the first to impact land in Cuba.
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