Oscar, which is now advancing through Cuban territory as a tropical storm, made landfall on Sunday afternoon, causing severe damage in Baracoa, including to the hospital in that Guantanamo municipality.
Stunning images captured by workers at that center and published on Facebook by journalist Miguel Reyes showed how the roof of the hospital was on the verge of collapsing due to strong gusts of wind.
In addition to some flooding inside the hospital, they also suffered broken windows and other damage to the hospital infrastructure.
The first images of the impact of Hurricane Oscar in Baracoa revealed the magnitude of the strong winds, intense rains, and large swells in the Primada de Cuba.
"Disastrous Baracoa," Miguel Reyes declared this Monday while sharing several photos that show the impact of Oscar in that municipality of Guantánamo.
During the last few hours, tropical storm Oscar has remained with very slow movement over the eastern region of Cuba, shifting slightly to the west at a translation speed of only 6 km/h, and the strongest cores of precipitation are still over the province of Guantánamo.
Oscar has continued to weaken, and now its maximum sustained winds have decreased to 85 km/h, so it remains a tropical storm.
Oscar will continue its slow movement on a path close to the west at a similar speed, and it should gradually tilt its trajectory towards the west-northwest during today.
In the provinces of Guantánamo, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba, and Las Tunas, rains, showers, and thunderstorms continue to be recorded.
The highest precipitation, according to the network of stations from the Meteorological Institute, has been reported in the municipalities of Maisí, Baracoa, and San Antonio del Sur, in the province of Guantánamo.
In the last three hours, the most significant accumulation was reported at the weather station of Valle de Caujerí with 278 millimeters, as well as at the Moa Dam, Holguín with 131 millimeters.
In the coming hours, rains, showers, and thunderstorms will continue affecting most of the eastern region, which will become strong and intense in some localities and mountainous areas.
In the eastern provinces, winds with tropical storm strength will persist, which can reach speeds between 70 and 85 km/h, with higher gusts.
Strong swells will continue to occur along the northern coast of the provinces of Guantánamo, Holguín, and Las Tunas. Coastal flooding of moderate to strong intensity will be maintained in low-lying areas of this coastline, including the waterfront of Baracoa.
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