Cyclone Idalia affected dozens of wineries in Pinar del Río

HeHurricane Idalia It affected almost 70 wineries in Pinar del Río, as it passed through the westernmost tip of Cuba last Monday.

As he told local televisionTele Pinar the Minister of Internal Trade, Betsy Díaz Velázquez, 69 wineries in the province suffered total or partial damage to their roofs.

The José Martí unit, located in the Playuela Popular Council of the Viñales municipality, along with two other wineries of the Las Cadenas Popular Council in the La Palma municipality, present the greatest damage.

As revealed in a Twitter thread byTele Pinar, will distribute food donated by the World Food Program for people over 65 years of age and pregnant women.

On the other hand, in the municipalities of Guane, Mantua and Sandino they have not been able to complete the basic basket of the wineries, but the authorities promised to deliver 7 pounds of rice and 2 of sugar by September 1.

Having suffered severe damage from Hurricane Ian last year, and failing to recover from its impact, Idalia has left another trail of devastation in its wake.

Although it hit Cuba as a tropical storm, it interrupted the electrical service, caused sea penetration and devastated crops in Pinar del Río, where a part of the population still does not have electricity.

HeCuyaguateje River, the main hydrographic account of the province of Pinar del Río, left its channel early this Tuesday morning and left several towns in the Guane municipality cut off as a result of the rainfall associated with Idalia.

Idalia became acategory 1 hurricanein the early hours of this Tuesday during its advance over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.