The Temporary Working Group in the central Cuban province is guiding measures to avoid damage from possible heavy and locally intense rainfall.
Although the sun prevailed, with little rain at intervals and clouds after midday on Sunday, November 3, the management of the Temporary Working Group of the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila, oriented the execution of early organisational measures to avoid damage from possible heavy and locally intense rainfall in the coming hours, according to forecasts reported by Oscar Benedico Rodriguez, director of the Provincial Meteorological Centre.
In her Facebook profile, the deputy Reina Torres Pérez, director of information and social communication in the territory of Avila, said that Julio Gómez Casanova and Alfre Menéndez Pérez, president and vice-president of this work team, respectively, guided tours of low-lying areas and areas at risk of flooding, with the aim of organising, if necessary, the evacuation of the population.
They indicated the activation of the community work teams to take the orientations house to house, to start the cleaning of sewers and drains, actions related to the distribution of food and the vitality of the generators in prioritised centres.
Classes will be suspended this Monday in all schools and children’s circles will not open their doors; meanwhile, students who are currently in internal centres will be protected.
Engineer Gisela Rodríguez Santana, director of the Empresa de Aprovechamiento Hidráulico, explained about the permanent monitoring of the reservoirs and the guarantees for their maintenance. Oscar Benedico spoke about the possibilities of permanent information through the institutional Facebook page and the Telegram channel.
Meanwhile, Niurka Ferrer Castillo, secretary general of the Provincial Committee of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba, announced in the WhatsApp groups of this organisation, the continuity of work only in productive workplaces and priority service provision, and published a guide with the details to be taken into account by the family to protect themselves and their means in the face of tropical cyclones.
