The effects caused by the intense rains in the El Fanguito community and in the La Polar settlement were evaluated this afternoon by the highest partisan and government authorities of the city, during a tour of those areas.

In the first of them they could see the mudflat left by the overflow of the Almendares River that penetrated the houses near the riverbank, considered by the neighbors as the one with the greatest speed and penetration range.

The president of the Municipal Assembly of People's Power, Osmani Arcia Peñate, reported that 48 people had been evacuated to the municipal Palace of Pioneers, including six minors and two infants.

Photo: Eduardo Douglas Pedroso

At that time, the Vicente Ponce Carrasco Secondary School, located in the neighborhood, was set up to accommodate the rest of the evacuees, which could reach 300.

Exchange with authorities and residents of Plaza de la Revolución. Photo: Eduardo Douglas Pedroso

The first secretary of the Party, Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar, and the Governor of the city, Reinaldo García Zapata, exchanged with the residents, asking about their situation and explaining the actions that were being carried out and making them aware of the need to move to the centers protection, before the imminence of heavy rains that are forecast for the next few hours.

Photo: Eduardo Douglas Pedroso

Previously, the leaders had appreciated the flooding of the settlement located on the land of the old La Polar factory, right on the border of the municipalities of Cerro, Plaza de la Revolución and Marianao, where it was necessary to evacuate a group of families.

This settlement is located very close to the course of the Almendares River, where a small bridge broke, causing the accumulation of water and the consequent overflow that flooded the area.

Bridge that broke in La Polar. Photo: Eduardo Douglas Pedroso

In a second flood, the accumulated water overflowed the demolished bridge, and ran downhill in the course causing the flood on the El Fanguito riverbank.

The first secretaries of the Party in Cerro and Plaza de la Revolución, as well as provincial directors of Housing, Construction, and other officials also participated in the tour.

Taken from Havana Tribune