Civil Defense said on Sunday that a total of 290 property collapses have been recorded, 14 of which in Havana and three other provinces of Cuba, due to heavy rains that have hit the west of the island in recent days (5).
The Civil Defense General Staff, in its preliminary assessment of the problems caused by heavy rains in the capital of Cuba, said that “148 landslides, 2 total and 146 partial, were recorded” and left three dead and one missing.
In its report published by the official Granma newspaper, Civil Defense highlighted that 53 property collapses were recorded in the state of Pinar del Río (in the far west), among which “three in total”.
Another “32 landslides” were reported, “eight in total”, in Mayabeque province, neighboring Havana, while collapses occurred in Artemisa, which affected 57 homes, one of which was completely.
Landslides occur frequently in the Cuban capital, especially in the old part of Cuba where old properties are largely deteriorated and are facing overcrowding.
At a government meeting to assess the damage and coordinate actions, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel urged authorities to “respond immediately to families with partially and completely damaged homes,” according to Granma.
Heavy rains became Tropical Storm Alex, the first of this season, after reaching the Atlantic and crossing the Florida peninsula, brought on by the low-pressure system left over from Hurricane Agatha that hit the Pacific coast of southern Mexico. Starting on 1 June and ending on 30 November .
According to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), headquartered in Miami, Florida, Storm Alex was about 1,000 kilometers west of Bermuda on Sunday morning with a maximum sustained wind of 96 km/h.
source: Noticias
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