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Cuba recognizes “very strong” damage to houses and infrastructure due to the passage of Rafael

The Cuban Government recognized in its first damage assessment after the passage through the west of Hurricane Rafael Island with category 3 (of five) on the Saffir-Simpson scale that the effects on housing, infrastructure and agriculture have been “very strong.”

The cyclone made landfall at 16:20 local time (21:20 GMT) off the south coast of the province of Artemisa and left Cuban territory more than two hours later on the north coast of Pinar del Río.

The Meteorological Institute (Insmet) of Cuba measured winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour and recorded intense rains, up to 200 millimeters (or liters per square meter).

“Great effects” by Rafael in Cuba: Díaz-Canel

The country’s president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, wrote on social networks at the end of a meeting of the National Defense Council that “great effects have been recorded in Artemisa, Mayabeque and Havana,” three western provinces.

He also advanced that he plans to visit from this Thursday “the territories most impacted by the hurricane.” “A new recovery process is already beginning,” he said.

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For his part, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero added in a special intervention on state television that the damage has been “very strong in housing, infrastructure and agriculture.”

He also explained that the total blackout caused in the country by this cyclone, the second event of “zero national energy coverage” in just two weeks, is still to be evaluated due to inclement weather.

Urgent repairs

To the technical complexity of the restoration of the National Electric Service (SEN) must be added the physical repair of cables and poles damaged by strong winds, explained in this regard on social networks the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Mined), which demanded “time” for recovery.

“Work is underway to create electrical subsystems in central and eastern Cuba. In the West this process will be slower, the necessary lines and electrical installations must be reviewed,” said the Mined.

Marrero concluded his speech by saying: “Rest assured that we will recover and get ahead. Until victory always!”

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Rafael has affected more than four million Cubans and its ravages will begin to be visible from this Thursday.

This is the second hurricane to touch Cuba so far this year. The previous one, Oscar, passed through the northeastern end of the island a little over two weeks ago and left 8 dead, damaged 12,000 homes and 13,000 hectares of damaged crops.

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Seven bodies found with signs of torture in Sinaloa

Mexican authorities discovered seven lifeless bodies on Wednesday, showing clear signs of torture, in the rural area of Culiacán, Sinaloa, just one day after the same number of bodies was found in several municipalities in the western state of Mexico.

Six of these seven victims were found along the side of the highway that connects Culiacán to Mazatlán, near Laguna de Canachi, according to local media reports, which also noted that messages addressed to a criminal group were found near the bodies.

This brings the total number of violent deaths in the region to seven within just 24 hours. On Tuesday, authorities reported more victims found in the municipalities of Culiacán, Elota, and Mazatlán.

Among the victims identified was a local cattle rancher named Ramón Velázquez Ontiveros, as well as a police officer from Mazatlán, who was killed by a motorcyclist outside his home in San Marcos.

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Málaga paralyzed by new storm as torrential rains hit Spain

Thousands of people were evacuated and trains were suspended as torrential rains once again struck Spain on Wednesday, following the devastating floods that killed at least 223 people two weeks ago, most of them in the Valencia region.

The national meteorological agency (Aemet) issued a maximum, red-level alert for the Andalusian province of Málaga in the south, and for Tarragona in the northeast, due to the new DANA (isolated depression at high levels), also known as a cold drop.

The city of Málaga appeared to be the hardest hit by the rains, with more than 3,000 people evacuated from 1,000 homes near rivers, flooded streets, and the suspension of urban transport and train services to Madrid.

“Today Málaga is paralyzed,” said Andalusia’s regional president, Juan Manuel Moreno, to reporters. “I know it is a problem for citizens not being able to take their children to school or go to work, but after what we saw in Valencia, we need to ‘prevent’ and minimize the impact in terms of loss of life,” he added.

The storm also led to the postponement of a match between Spain and Poland in the Billie Jean King Cup women’s tennis competition, which was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in Málaga.

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Hezbollah launches explosive drone strike on Israel’s defense headquarters

The Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah claimed on Wednesday that it launched an attack with explosive drones against the Israeli army’s headquarters in Tel Aviv.

The Iran-backed organization reported in a statement that it had carried out “an aerial attack with a squadron of explosive drones” targeting the site that houses Israel’s main defense institutions.

Hezbollah later stated that it also fired a barrage of rockets at the Glilot military intelligence base in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.

The Israeli military indicated that “sirens sounded in several areas of northern and central Israel following the launch of projectiles from Lebanon.”

It later clarified that “five projectiles were identified over the territory, and some were intercepted.”

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