Impressive images of Playa Baracoa after flooding associated with Hurricane Milton.

Impressive images of Playa Baracoa, in the municipality of Bauta, Artemisa, are circulating on social media and show the damage caused by the flooding brought by the powerful Hurricane Milton in Cuba.

Although the atmospheric phenomenon did not directly hit the Caribbean territory, its strength was enough to cause strong sea penetration in this locality located on the northwestern coast.

Several users - residents of the area - shared the photographs. “Playa Baracoa after the passage of Hurricane Milton,” wrote Kerenia Martínez Martín on Facebook along with a dozen snapshots showing streets covered in debris and affected power lines.

The scenes reflect the magnitude of the phenomenon, making it clear that, despite not making landfall in Cuba, the gusts of wind and the waves caused by Milton resulted in serious damage in the coastal area.

“The neighborhood after the penetration of the sea,” stated the internet user Delia González Jiménez on the same social network.

This situation highlights the vulnerability of some areas of Cuba to extreme weather phenomena, which, as in this case, can leave entire communities exposed to severe flooding, structural damage, and dangers associated with electrical infrastructure.

In fact, Milton caused severe flooding in El Vedado, Havana, during the night of Wednesday, when the waves from the seawall reached several meters in height.

Similarly, towns on the southern coast of Mayabeque suffered the effects of the hurricane's "feeding bands," with rains, gusts of wind, and coastal flooding.