The heavy rains that fell in Cuba on Thursday caused significant flooding in several provinces, with images of the devastation being shared online in recent hours.
"Flooding in Nuevitas, Camagüey, due to heavy rains in that municipality," reported the Facebook account of the user La Tijera.
"More than 1,200 residents have had to be evacuated to higher areas," added the post's author.
The post shows the streets flooded with water and the residents trying to save their belongings.
In Havana as well, the heavy rain left streets flooded, making it difficult to get around.
"Trash bins, waste, young people playing and bathing in the floods in the Cerro municipality in Havana today," reported another post from La Tijera on its Facebook wall.
"With the heavy rains, there is a risk that the manhole covers may be open, leading to potential accidents or even drowning for those reckless individuals who play in the flood," he added.
The internet user Emicenio Z Zaldívar shared photos of cars and motorcycles covered in water taken in Old Havana and Centro Habana.
Residents who commented on the post confirmed heavy rainfall in Reparto Santa Amalia, as well as in Arroyo Naranjo, Alamar, La Lisa, San Agustín, and the El Guatao area.
The Forecast Center of the Institute of Meteorology (INSMET) warned that showers, rains, and thunderstorms could occur in the afternoon and evening across much of the country, "with more frequent occurrences in areas of the interior and the northern coast of central and western regions."
As an additional note in its statement, INSMET added that in areas of showers and thunderstorms, wind strength and wave height may increase.
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