Avoiding loss of human lives and protecting the resources of the economy are premises in Pinar del Río in the face of tropical storm Arlene, hence the meeting of the Temporary Working Group insisted on the main measures to be taken into account.
Given the proximity and future trajectory of the organization, the 11 temporary management positions of the municipal governments and the management positions of the popular councils were activated, since work has been done in a reduced way in the territory to reduce the possible effects.
We have experiences of the latest events in the province, both Hurricane Ian and the heavy rains last year, of people who have been undisciplined and have not responded to the indications of the Civil Defense; and we had to regret loss of life, recalled Yamilé Ramos Cordero, first secretary of the Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
For this reason, since Wednesday they have insisted with the municipalities, including visiting homes to find out who needs to be transferred to evacuation centers, he pointed out.
Yoel Hernández Acosta, Provincial Delegate for Agriculture, explained that 11,339 tons of tobacco must be safeguarded in selected fields, warehouses, and warehouses; and the nearly 400 collected in this campaign.
With the intention that the page is not lost, they have more than three thousand blankets and some two thousand 400 awnings.
Likewise, he explained that there are more than four million 788 thousand cujes to be released, which will be protected in the upper parts of the natural cure houses; and indicated to close them to prevent damage from moisture.
He pointed out that the mango harvest will be expedited these days, especially for the La Conchita Fruit and Vegetable Canning Company and the markets of the province.
Ramos Cordero specified that despite the rainfall, the supply of agricultural products to the points of sale in the territory must be guaranteed.
He called for addressing sites with water supply difficulties and concentrating tankers in the most complex ones, reinforcing communication mechanisms and calling on the population to keep informed of the hydrometeorological situation.
He urged the people of Pinar del Río to take care of the construction materials delivered as part of Ian’s recovery and that have not been able to be placed in the homes, since more than 68,000 cases in the province are still pending for solution.
The Vueltabajo reservoirs are at 57 percent of their filling capacity and only one discharges.
According to the Institute of Meteorology, Tropical Storm Arlene has maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts, a central pressure of 1002 hectoPascals, and is moving in a near southerly course at a rate of 7 kilometers per hour.
Despite the fact that it is a weak system and a short life is forecast due to a rapid weakening – the note adds – it is recommended to pay attention to the information that is issued about this tropical cyclonic organism.
In the last two decades, almost twenty tropical cyclones have affected the territory in some way, an experience that does not translate into the confidence of the locals to face hydrometeorological events.
