Hurricane Oscar, which made landfall in Cuba on October 20, wreaked havoc on the road infrastructure in eastern Cuba, where several towns are still cut off from communication.
The meteor has left unprecedented devastation in Guantánamo, where intense rains and floods have caused severe damage to the road infrastructure, affecting communication and transportation in several localities.
The road that connects Cantillo with La Tinta in the municipality of Maisí has been severely affected, while the bridge of Jesús Lores in Imías is precariously held up by a water pipe that was swept away by the rise of the Guajacal River, reported the official profile Miguel Noticias on Facebook.
Although access to Imías has already been restored, the situation remains critical in other areas.
Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, Cuba's Minister of Transport, reported that there are national routes from Baracoa and Maisí currently suspended, as there is still no access to these municipalities.
Likewise, the famous La Farola viaduct, one of the seven wonders of Cuban civil engineering, is severely affected.
He explained that an evaluation team found several damages on the road in the eastern area of the Guantanamo municipalities affected by Hurricane Óscar, and that they were able to reach the community of Yacabo Abajo, on the border of the municipalities of Imías and San Antonio del Sur; but at that point "the road is interrupted, so there is still no land access to the rest of the localities in the municipality."
"The damage to this roadway is severe. A detailed report is being prepared on all the impacts to the road to Imías, the La Farola Viaduct, and a diagnosis of the bridges on the Moa-Baracoa road," he detailed.
The damage to infrastructure in the eastern part of the island has also been severe, with reports of 743 homes in Baracoa and 1,007 in Maisí sustaining significant damage, including partial collapses.
State facilities, such as warehouses and pharmacies, have also suffered significant losses.
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