Following the passage of Hurricane Rafael, which is moving away from the Gulf of Mexico, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel evaluates the damage during a visit to the areas impacted by the phenomenon. teleSUR
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00:00Hurricane Rafael continues to move away from Cuba and moves over the southeastern Gulf
00:15of Mexico with little changes in intensity.
00:18The maximum sustained winds remain at 165 kilometers per hour with higher gusts making
00:25it a Category 2 hurricane of the suffered symptoms scale.
00:29At 6 in the morning, said a hurricane has estimated that of 24.4 degrees northern latitude
00:38and 84.9 degrees west latitude longitude, a position that takes place 280 kilometers
00:50north of Cabo de San Antonio, Pinar del Río.
00:53During Wednesday, there were numerous rains and thunderstorms in central and western regions
00:59of the country, with values higher than 100 millimeters in 37 localities in the provinces
01:05of Santispirito, Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Mayaveque and Havana.
01:11Rainfall will continue during the next 24 hours in the western and central regions,
01:15which could still be strong and intense in some localities.
01:24The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, will visit on Thursday the territories most
01:31affected by Hurricane Rafael, which may landfall in the island on Wednesday as a Category 3
01:38hurricane.
01:39The head of state himself confirmed that he has been in touch with the secretaries of
01:43the Communist Party of the affected regions.
01:46The objective is to carry out more precise evaluations in each one of the areas.
01:58In this context, it is a moving-forward strategy for the gradual recovery of the national power
02:04system of the western part of the island.
02:06The electric system was disconnected this Wednesday as a result of which gone about
02:12100 kilometers.
02:13In the last hours, it was possible to bring energy to Viteras and Nuevitas power stations
02:19to start the reconnection process.
02:21More than 10 sectors of energy power generation provide coverage in central and eastern regions
02:27of the country, a number that should increase further.
02:31During daylight hours, as soon as dawn breaks, specialists will visit areas in the west affected
02:37by Hurricane Rafael to diagnose damages and be in immediate recovery.
02:42Still light-wise, the president of Cuba, through his account on the social network X, announced
02:48the recovery phase after the hit of Hurricane Rafael through the west of the island.
02:54In this post, the Cuban leader said that the damage caused by Rafael would be evaluated
03:01early on.
03:02He added that recovery now is centered in Artemisa, Havana and Mayanpeque provinces
03:06and that the national electric system is already up and running from central to the
03:12east.
03:13The president concluded by saying that the revolutionary government was up and fighting.
03:27Another correspondent in Cuba, Fabiola Lopez, interviewed authorities of the Defense Council
03:32of Hidalgo, who were making recovery efforts after Hurricane Rafael passed through the
03:38Caribbean island.
03:39Well, first of all, we evacuated all the people in need with issues in their houses and roofs.
03:49And then we evacuated in the Women's Federation of Cuba and in the house music of Plaza.
04:00They were there with all the services that they needed, the logistics.
04:05We took care of them.
04:11There are some houses with affectations in the roof, the walls in our area.
04:16And as you can see in my back, this tree with a lot of years destroyed the house and affected
04:22the electrical system.
04:25We have another tree fell down as well.
04:27And the neighbors have been organized to diminish the affectation.