The hurricane Melissa not only left heavy rains and strong winds in the province of Holguín, but also a curious natural phenomenon that has captured the attention of the locals: a spring that emerges from within a shelter in La Loma de la Cruz.
The event was captured on video and published by the Instagram profile Holguín en fotos (@holguinenfotos), where it can be seen how water emerges from a hole in one of the walls of the shelter, which remained closed.
The residents, resourceful in the face of the situation, have built a small channel to direct the water to the street, where they collect it in buckets and containers.
Despite the abundant rains brought by Melissa and the reservoirs in the province being at full capacity, a large part of the population still does not receive water in their homes due to the blackouts that hinder pumping.
The situation highlights one of the many contradictions of the water management system in Cuba. There is water in the reservoirs following the cyclone, yet families continue to rely on an unstable electricity service to access the supply.
Without energy, the pumping stations do not operate, and thousands of homes remain without the vital liquid for days. Meanwhile, in La Loma de la Cruz, the shelter has become an unexpected source of relief for the local residents, who, amid the crisis and shortages, have learned to survive by seizing any opportunity that nature provides.
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