Churches are destroyed after the passage of Hurricane Oscar through eastern Cuba.

Christian churches in Guantánamo were destroyed by the impact of Hurricane Oscar as it passed through the eastern region of Cuba, between Sunday and Monday.

Stunning images show the severe damage in several chapels of the municipalities of Imías, Maisí, and Baracoa, three of the hardest hit by the cyclone, along with San Antonio del Sur.

In the photos of one of the posts on Facebook, the enormous pieces of the ceiling that collapsed in a church can be seen, destroying the furniture and electrical equipment.

"Churches affected after the passage of Hurricane Oscar in the East of the Nation of Cuba. Imías, Maisí, and Baracoa. Pastors send us photos of how their church was left. We pray together for the swift recovery of the affected churches. Amen," wrote the evangelist preacher Yurien Martínez Castellanos along with the images.

The Christian Ministry A Helping Hand testified to the magnitude of the flooding in a temple and pastoral house in Imías, in southern Guantánamo, caused by the torrential rains of the hurricane.

To provide a clear idea of the severity of the flooding recorded in the municipality, the publication stated that "the temple is one of the highest points compared to the houses in the area and is flooded up to the edge of the platform."

The eloquent photos show the height that the waters reached in the temple and pastoral house, completely covering the legs and supports of the furniture in each of the rooms of the house and the benches in the worship hall, where one of its residents took a photograph with the water up to his knees.

"Cuba has been without electricity for 72 hours, we have no drinking water in many homes, food shortages, and on top of this, this hurricane has come," stated the post shared early Monday, about 12 hours after Oscar made landfall near the city of Baracoa.

The publication closes with a reference to a passage from the Bible: “These words resonate in my ear: ‘King James Version 1960 2 Chronicles 7:14. If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.’ In a prayer chain for Cuba.”

A Christian church in Baracoa also lost its roof during Oscar's passage through that territory, reported Peter Sergi Ortega Ruiz, who recalled that the weather phenomenon arrived in the country "amid the massive blackouts that Cubans are experiencing."

The storm Oscar, which made landfall in Cuba on October 20 as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, has left a trail of destruction in eastern Cuba, with the province of Guantánamo being the most affected.

Six deceased individuals, including a girl only five years old, is the preliminary toll of victims from the natural disaster. However, the situation remains critical, especially in the municipalities of San Antonio del Sur and Imías, where unprecedented flooding was recorded.

The deceased, all residents of San Antonio del Sur, have been identified as Francisco Colombia Matos (92 years old); Esmeraldo Noa Fiffe (82); Antolino Areas Domínguez (84); Alexander Saben Matos (42); Irianni Labañino Domínguez (31) and the girl Liz Anyi Elías Labañino (5).

In a preliminary report released on Monday, the Cuban government reported that more than a thousand homes were damaged in several municipalities of the province of Guantánamo, the main area affected by Oscar, which downgraded to a tropical storm during its progression through the eastern region.

The weather phenomenon also devastated coffee, banana, and tomato plantations in various locations of the province, and wreaked havoc on 50% of the industrial facilities of the salt company in San Antonio del Sur.