Three dead and more than 170 injured during the passage of a tornado across Cuba

At least three people have died and more than 170 have been injured in the past few hours due to the pbadage of a tornado in Cuba, which particularly affected the capital, Havana, as confirmed by the president. of the country, Miguel Díaz-Canel.

"We are going through places affected by atmospheric phenomena of great intensity in Regla," he said. Regla is located in the province of Havana, in the western part of the island.

"The damage is significant, we regret the loss of 3 people and 172 people are injured.Several brigades are already working on the restoration," he added, accompanied by the hashtag #SomosCuba.

The Institute of Meteorology had warned hours before the formation, in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, of "an extratropical depression" that could cause "electrical storms," ​​according to the Cuban newspaper's "Granma" collection ".