In Baracoa, one of the municipalities most affected by Hurricane Oscar, authorities have begun setting up tents to house families who suffered total collapses of their homes, according to reports from the official press.
This measure, although presented as a temporary solution, highlights the government's difficulties in providing more robust and sustainable alternatives.
The tents, specifically located in the town of Jamal and donated by the World Food Programme (WFP), have been set up on land that lacks proper leveling and structure, highlighting the challenges in ensuring a quick response with infrastructure to address all the impacts in the housing complex of the area.
According to the local broadcaster Primada Visión, it is the social workers in the area who are responsible for anchoring these campaign tents, which measure 6X3 meters, although the number to be installed in the district has not been specified.
In Baracoa, the ongoing rainfall has yet to allow for the expansion of recovery efforts, due to fears of potential flooding in the area, stemming from rising river levels and saturated soils.
Oscar made landfall at 5:50 PM on Sunday, October 20, near Baracoa. The destruction caused by winds of around 130 km/h was evident at dawn on Monday in the area also known as Villa Primada.
Houses and buildings without roofs, fallen trees, devastated crops, and damaged power lines were some of the scenes left in the wake of the weather event, which continue to be part of the landscape in that region of Cuba.
Since the morning of this Monday, the state-run Radio Baracoa reported the arrival of donated tents through a Facebook post, where they shared images showing the tent fabric, the poles that provide structure, and the securing components.
According to WFP in Cuba, 200 tunnel tents were donated as temporary shelter for those who lost their homes.
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