Cuba: The eastern provinces are in hurricane alarm phase

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The eastern part of Cuba has entered a hurricane alarm phase after storm Melissa turned into a category five hurricane. The Cuban Civil Defense General Staff reported on the measure applied to the eastern provinces of Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, Granma, Las Tunas and Camagüey. On the other hand, Ciego de Avila and Sancti Spíritus are in the cyclone alert phase after the imminent impact on the country of this tropical phenomenon in the next hours. In that sense, the Cuban authorities urged the population to stay informed about the advances and development of the hurricane and to comply with the instructions given by official social networks and national media. The hurricane is expected to hit Cuban soil between Tuesday and Wednesday.  #teleSUREnglish #Cuba #HurricaneMelissa #EmergencyMeasures #CivilDefense #Caribbean

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00:00Meanwhile, the eastern part of Cuba has reached the hurricane-alarm phase, after Storm Elisa

00:05turned into a Category 5 hurricane.

00:08The Cuban Civil Defense General Staff reported on the measures applied to the eastern provinces

00:13of Guantánamo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguín, Granma, Las Tunas and Camagüey.

00:18On the other hand, Ciego de Ávila and Santi Espíritus are in the cyclone-alert phase,

00:23after the imminent attack on the country of this tropical phenomenon in the next hours.

00:28In that sense, the Cuban authorities urge the population to stay informed about the advances

00:31and development of the hurricane, and to comply with the instructions given by officials, social

00:36networks and national media.

00:38The hurricane is expected to hit Cuba's soil between Tuesday and Wednesday.

00:53For his part, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez has called on authorities to carry

00:57out immediate people evacuation in the most vulnerable areas, as well as protect their

01:03properties ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Melisa at the eastern part of the country.

01:10As stated here by some of the presidents of the defense councils, the priority is the protection

01:17of the population, and that protection is guaranteed, if there is an adequate evacuation.

01:23All flooded zones, low areas from dams, micro-dams, all of these must be protected, and that must

01:30be done in a timely manner.

01:32It is very important to protect the population, but also to protect the property of the population.

01:38We have to find places to safeguard mattresses, appliances, and people.

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