HAVANA — Heavy rains from the remnants of
Hurricane Agatha flooded much of western Cuba on Friday, killing at least three
people in
Havana. Thousands of residents in the region lost power and a man in
Pinar del Rio province was also missing, Cuban officials said.
اضافة اعلان
“Strong, heavy rain and electrical storms have been
affecting the western and central regions of Cuba with accumulations greater
than 200 millimeters, which will continue for the rest of today and tomorrow,
Saturday,” the Cuban Weather Office (INSMET) said.
A 44-year-old man, initially thought missing, was
found dead Friday evening in the western province of Pinar del Rio after
falling into a stream, according to local news site
CubaDebate. They also
reported the disappearance of another person in the region.
Agatha had crashed into southern Mexico with the
potential to redevelop as a tropical storm in the Atlantic, the Miami-based US
National Hurricane Center had said.
So far, heavy rains “have produced floods in
localities from Pinar del Rio (western extreme) to Sancti Spiritus (Center) and
in the Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality (south of Havana),” INSMET
said.
Nearly 2,000 people have decided to evacuate their
homes, authorities say, while about 50,000 customers in the province of Havana
are without electricity.
“People are
almost waist-deep in water,” said Luis Antonio Torres, first secretary of the
Communist Party of
Cuba in the capital. He had visited the municipality of
Cerro, one of the most damaged areas, where at least one bridge fell, and
floodwaters seeped into some homes.
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