Churches are left destroyed after Hurricane Oscar passed through eastern Cuba.

Christian churches in Guantánamo were destroyed by the impact of Hurricane Oscar as it passed through the eastern region of Cuba, between Sunday and Monday.

Stunning images show the severe damage to several chapels in the municipalities of Imías, Maisí, and Baracoa, three of the hardest hit by the cyclone, along with San Antonio del Sur.

In the photos of one of the posts on Facebook, the huge pieces of the roof that collapsed in a church are seen, destroying the furniture and electrical equipment.

"Churches affected after the passage of Hurricane Oscar in the East of the Nation of Cuba. Imías, Maisí, and Baracoa. Pastors send us photos of how their church looks. We pray together for the swift recovery of the affected churches. Amen," wrote the evangelist preacher Yurien Martínez Castellanos alongside the images.

The Christian Ministry A Helping Hand testified to the magnitude of the flooding in a temple and pastoral house in Imías, in southern Guantánamo, caused by the torrential rains from the hurricane.

To give a clear idea of the severity of the flooding that occurred in the municipality, the publication stated that "the temple is one of the highest points compared to the houses in the area and is flooded up to the limit of the platform."

The eloquent photos show the height that the waters reached in the temple and pastoral house, completely covering the legs and supports of the furniture in each room of the residence and the benches in the worship hall, where one of its residents took a photograph with the water up to their knees.

"Cuba has been without power for 72 hours, we have no drinking water in many homes, food, and on top of this, there is this hurricane," noted the post shared at dawn on Monday, about 12 hours after Oscar made landfall near the city of Baracoa.

The publication closes with a reference to a passage from the Bible: “These words resonate in my ear: ‘Reina-Valera 1960 2 Chronicles 7:14. If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land.’ In a chain of prayer for Cuba.”

A Christian church in Baracoa also lost its roof during Oscar's passage through the territory, reported Peter Sergi Ortega Ruiz, who recalled that the meteorological phenomenon arrived in the country "amid the massive blackouts that Cubans are experiencing."

The storm Oscar, which made landfall in Cuba on October 20 as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, has left a trail of destruction in eastern Cuba, with the province of Guantánamo being the most affected.

Six people have died, including a girl of only five years old, according to the preliminary toll of the natural disaster. But the situation remains critical, especially in the municipalities of San Antonio del Sur and Imías, where unprecedented floods were recorded.

The deceased, all residents of San Antonio del Sur, have been identified as Francisco Colombia Matos (92 years old); Esmeraldo Noa Fiffe (82); Antolino Areas Domínguez (84); Alexander Saben Matos (42); Irianni Labañino Domínguez (31); and the girl Liz Anyi Elías Labañino (5).

In a preliminary report made public this Monday, the Cuban government announced that more than a thousand homes were damaged in several municipalities of the Guantánamo province, the main area affected by Oscar, which weakened to a tropical storm during its progression through the east.

The meteorological phenomenon also devastated coffee, banana, and tomato plantations in various localities of the province, and wreaked havoc on 50% of the industrial facilities of the salt company in San Antonio del Sur.