Government reveals official part of tornado damage

MIAMI, United States. – Two days after the devastating tornado that shook several localities in east-central Havana, the island authorities began to reveal figures indicating the total amount of damage caused by the meteor.

According to the Granma newspaper, four dead and 195 wounded have been reported to date. Similarly, the official party ensures that the 12 patients declared serious are stable and that the 19 children hospitalized are in perfect condition.

1,238 impacts on the housing fund, including 347 total collapses of houses and roofs, as well as 112 damage in type I houses. The buildings concerned include Diez de Octubre maternity, four polyclinics, a pharmacy and a house. retirement.

In addition, 17 Commissions have been established within the People's Councils to provide information and manage the procedures of recipients of allocations for the purchase of resources.

Around noon last Monday, about 220,000 people were without electricity. In this sense, the Basic Electric Organization is working on the restoration of 39 primary and 17,320 secondary circuits, two high-voltage towers, 4,156 damaged transformers and 24 substations damaged, mainly in the municipalities of Diez de Octubre, Regla , Guanabacoa Havana of the East.

Similarly, more than 8,000 badignments were recorded in the fixed service as well as effects on the mobile network and Wi-Fi zones.

The hydraulic network reported a three-meter break in the Cuenca Sur pipeline, which was corrected by workers at the Havana public water company.

Assignments are also recorded in the automobile, rail and maritime port branches.

Two facilities were affected: roofs, perimeter structures and fences, 48 ​​freight and pbadenger transport, including 18 trucks, 8 buses and 11 taxis.

The central line of the railway line in the Taino engine plant section in San Miguel del Padrón also suffered considerable damage.