The heavy rains that causedthe flooding of the Jiguaní river and floods in several towns in the Granma province were not reported with sufficient clarity and in advance by the Cuban authorities, who did not activate the Civil Defense alerts in time.
“We are drowning in water at home. If it's not because of the dog, I don't know. Where is the army, where is the Civil Defense in Jiguaní? ETECSA sends SMS for May Day, voting, recharges; but not to warn about the weather. “How bad!” a Cuban complained on Twitter.
Sharing an image of his house flooded with water, the user identified on this social network asAníbal González, regretted the inability of the Cuban authorities in the face of meteorological phenomena that can become catastrophic events.
Affected homes, destroyed roads, impassable bridges, flooded roads, downed trees, branches and mud blocking the way... the damage in the province of Granma after the overflowing of the Jiguaní River began to be visible this Friday, especially in the municipality of the same name .
Impressive images spread on social networksshowed the havoc, caused by the persistence of heavy rains in eastern Cuba, which caused a historic flood of the river, which in some points reached one meter above bridges and other steps in its course.
Before the beginning of the 2023 cyclonic season, the National Civil Defense General Staff issued instructions to undertake the actions established in Directive 1 for the Management of Disaster Risk Reduction, approved by the President of the National Defense Council (CDM),Miguel Diaz-Canel.
“Civil Defense advocates carrying out in advance actions that reduce vulnerabilities and contribute to reducing the impact of the destructive effects of these events,” said the official media.Granma at the beginning of June.
The pruning and felling of trees that constitute risks, the maintenance and cleaning of microdams, canals, sewers, drainage systems, the collection of debris and solid waste, in addition to the protection of resources located in warehouses, were addressed at the meeting of the organism.
“Special attention must be paid to the protection of families, who are still kept in temporary facilities or in the actions of total or partial construction of their homes,” stressed the official organ of the Communist Party of Cuba.
According to the journalistInes Castro, correspondent of Cuban Television in Granma, in the “last hours of intense rains in the Cuban East, CDM and Civil Defense authorities maintain constant evaluation throughout the territory, mainly in low-lying areas prone to flooding that require hydrological surveillance.” .
“Then they go out in a week to do Meteor Exercise, and Canel comes out to say that we have to unclog drains every day and all that shit… for nothing,” replied a Twitter user to the man from Granma affected by the floods and complaining about the inaction of the authorities.
A 60-year-old man, a native of Jiguaní,He died drowning this week when the river flooded of the same name. It is the first time in history that the Jiguaní has left its channel and the effects of the natural disaster also occurred in homes and crops, local television reported.
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