Hurricane Oscar devastates coffee, banana, and tomato plantations in Guantánamo.

Hurricane Oscar has ravaged coffee, banana, and tomato plantations in its path through Guantánamo, according to the state-run newspaper Venceremos and documented with images by the local radio station Radio Baracoa.

We would be talking about "almost all the ripe coffee" having fallen due to the rain and winds, to the point that a preliminary assessment claims that 40 thousand cans would have ended up on the ground, according to the testimony of Alvernis Veranes Favier, provincial delegate of Agriculture in the territory.

Regarding the banana plantations, it is reported that there is damage in half of the crops, a percentage that rises to 70-80% in municipalities such as Maisí and Baracoa. In the latter, many trees are reported to be on the ground.

There are also 200 hectares of destroyed tomatoes in the Valle de Caujerí, in San Antonio del Sur.

According to the official press, as soon as weather conditions allow, two brigades of 50 chainsaws will go to the most affected municipalities to help open roads and clean up, and reinforcement teams will be organized to try to recover all the food that can be salvaged.

This Monday, Oscar has continued to move slowly to the west-southwest through the province of Guantánamo, at a translational speed of just 8 km/h and now as a tropical storm.

Hurricane Oscar made landfall in Baracoa on Sunday around 5:50 PM, leaving shocking images in its wake. The damage caused by winds of about 130 km/h is visible in this city. Houses and businesses without roofs, fallen trees, devastated crops, and affected power lines are some of the images left by the storm.

In the provinces of Guantánamo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguín, and Las Tunas, rain, showers, and thunderstorms persist.

The weather station in Punta Maisí reported an accumulation of 362.2 millimeters in the last 24 hours until two in the morning, while Jamal recorded 197.6 millimeters, both in the province of Guantánamo.

Just four hours ago, Tropical Storm Oscar was continuing to weaken, but its slow translational speed meant it was still over Cuban territory, causing heavy rains, although the strength of its winds had diminished.