Car is submerged in flood in Havana

A car was completely submerged this Friday night afterstrong rains that causedfloods in areas of the capital.

“Drivers, beware of flooded streets. This is the corner of Zapote and Durege. Unfortunately this driver did not hear the screams and his car was left there. The water covered it completely. Images that hurt. The person had time to leave, thank God,” reported a user ofFacebook.

Its publication, in the group 'Buses & Truck Accidents. For more experience and fewer victims!' shared images of the impressive flood that formed in the Santo Suárez neighborhood, Diez de Octubre municipality.

The car, aPepper white (apparently from the images) with license plate B 306441, was stranded on the street while trying to cross a flooded area. The rapid rise in the water level covered it almost completely, leaving only its roof visible.

It is unknown if there was a pothole or pothole in the street in which the vehicle was trapped. The author of the publication, a resident of the place, indicated that her house "has a 2-meter-high wall and water has entered through the windows, and I have lost everything."

“The entire Tamarindo area is flooded. The cars spin around and don't know where to turn, because when it gets full, it gets full. They get desperate and try to cross wherever they think possible and that corner where I live is a gap, that's why they all stay in the same place. As I tell you, the hot corner, if it's not because of accidents, it's because of floods, everything is in the same place," said the author of the post, who shared images of another car that had also gotten stuck due to water. in the same corner.

The heavy rains that fell in Havana in June of last yearThey caused the death of the driver of a vehicle that was swept away by the flooding of a stream in the municipality of Marianao.

Reports on social networks indicated that the driver tried to cross a stretch of road crossed by a stream that flows into the Almendares River. Despite the flood and alerts from local residents, the driver decided to cross the rising waters that flooded the road and his car was swept away by the current and was submerged in a matter of minutes.