Ministry of Education announces news for scholarship students in Cuba

The Minister of Education of Cuba, Naima Ariatne Trujillo Barreto, announced via the X account of the Ministry of Education (MINED) that, due to monitoring the evolving weather conditions in the country, the scholarship students who were on break this weekend will not return to their schools.

"Based on the monitoring of the future evolution of hydrometeorological conditions due to heavy rainfall, the scholarship students who are currently on break will not return to school," the publication states.

The note adds that teaching activities for this Monday will continue normally for the rest of the students across the country.

The information shared did not specify when the scholarship students are expected to return to their study centers.

The potential for Tropical Cyclone 18 continues to organize in the western Caribbean, and it is expected to become a tropical storm in the coming hours. As it advances, it may make landfall in western Cuba as a hurricane possibly on Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in the United States.

The phenomenon is moving north at 11 km/h, with maximum sustained winds of 55 km/h and a minimum central pressure of 1004 mb.

As of 4:00 AM EST today, the system was located approximately 420 km south of Kingston, Jamaica, and 730 km southeast of the Cayman Islands.

The Potential Tropical Cyclone 18 is expected to become a tropical storm in the Caribbean this Monday, and to intensify into a hurricane by Tuesday night.

The latest trajectory forecast for the phenomenon indicates that it will make landfall at some point on the western coast of Cuba in the afternoon of November 6.

Considering the evolution of Potential Tropical Cyclone 18, at six o'clock this Sunday evening, the Civil Defense of Cuba declared an informational phase for the provinces from Pinar del Río to Camagüey, including the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud.

According to the state agency, the provinces of Camagüey, Ciego de Ávila, Sancti Spíritus, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Matanzas, Mayabeque, Havana, Artemisa, Pinar del Río, and the Special Municipality of Isla de la Juventud are moving to this phase due to the organization of the area of low pressure in the southern part of the western Caribbean Sea.