Havana Cuba.-Cuba’s northern coast suffered a direct hit from Hurricane Irma early Saturday, with state media reporting widespread damage to buildings. The Esmeralda Weather Center in Camagüey Archipelago said meteorologists measured winds of up to 124 mph before the weather gauge blew off. Waves were reportedly more than 16 feet high, and hospitals, factories, and […]
The United Nations system is mobilized to support efforts to address the effects of Hurricane Irma in the eastern Caribbean, a spokesperson said this Friday.
An earthquake of magnitude 8.4 on the Richter scale shook several Mexican states in the early morning of last Wednesday, causing panic among the population that went to the streets before the strong movement.
The population must be attentive to the information and be disciplined, prudent, responsible before Hurricane Irma, Mercedes Lopez Acea, first Secretary of the Party in Havana, said.
The first Vice-President of the Councils of State and of Ministers, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, held this Thursday talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador, Hugo Martinez Bonilla, who pays an official visit in Cuba.
With the establishment of the cyclone alarm for Matanzas province, this Friday noon began the evacuation of residents in low-lying areas of the municipality of Jaguey Grande, where there have been strong floods before.
Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban Civil Defense General Staff decreed today the stage of alert for this country”s eastern region, faced with the imminent path of hurricane Irma, which is affecting several territories in the insular Caribbean. According to the report by the Forecast Center at the Cuban Meteorology Institute (INSMET), Irma continues to be a category-five […]
Havana, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) US singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright will perform a concert on September 24 at Havana”s Gran Teatro Alicia Alonso (Gthaa), where he will share the stage with local artists, organizers confirmed here today. During the recital, scheduled for 17:00 local time, the musician will be accompanied the Symphonic Orchestra of the Gthaa, […]
Havana, Cuba.-The celebration of the 11th International Nature Tourism Event, Turnat 2017, on September 25-30, will provide the creation of new recreational routes in the eastern region, the press reported. The meeting’s organizers added, in the hotel Comodoro of this capital, that about 150 people of eight nations are already subscribed. Lecturers said that Ecotur […]
Spanish photographer Jose Rubio Galvez announced this Wednesday he will donate to schools in Las Tunas copies of the photo book titled Las Tunas y yo (Las Tunas and me) with images of daily life in the territory.
From now on, the powerful Hurricane Irma is a potential danger to our country, directly or indirectly, meteorologist Elier Pila said.
The people of Venezuela ratified this Wednesday their friendship and respect for their American counterpart, and requested their support in the confrontation of the economic war and claims of military intervention by President Donald Trump.
Iranian President Hasan Rohani rejected this Wednesday in Tehran the policies of unilateral sanctions to resolve conflicts between governments.
strong>There were frank and productive exchanges, in correspondence with the excellent relationship between our parties, States, Governments and peoples, Marcelino Medina, first Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, said this Wednesday at the end of his visit to Vietnam.
Hurricane Irma went this Wednesday through San Martín Island, located to the east of Puerto Rico, with devastating results for its intensity, but no loss of human lives have been reported to the moment, Jamaican daily The Observer reported.
Tropical cyclones, frequent phenomena in the Caribbean area, are considered to be the most recurrent and most impacted hydrometeorological events in society.
According to information from the Cuban National Forecasting Center, Irma continues to be an intense hurricane category five on the Saffir-Simpson scale, heading west-northwest, increasing travel speed to 26 kilometres per hour. It is expected that in the next 48 to 72 hours it will affect the eastern region of Cuba.
Havana, Cuba.-The National Civil Defense of Cuba issued the Informative Note Number 1 on Hurricane Irma today, regarding the potential danger that this phenomenon represents for this Caribbean country. According to information from the Cuban Institute of Meteorology Forecast Center, Hurricane Irma continues to intensify and maintain a course heading west in the next 12 […]
Havana, Cuba.-The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history has passed this morning over Barbuda, headed to the Lesser Antilles, and could directly or indirectly affect the eastern region of Cuba in the next 48 to 72 hours. According to the latest warning from the Cuban Meteorological Institute, Irma is Category 5 hurricane with […]
