Cuba floods kill two
- 12 years ago
Flood waters continue to inundate central Cuba.
Heavy rainfall a week earlier fell on the mountainous region, causing damage.
Some 8,500 residents had to leave their homes for evacuation centres on higher ground.
Rivers and sewage systems overflowed, streets flooded, and landslides in some areas damaged homes.
Tobacco and rice fields remain flooded, as farmers try to salvage what they can.
The Cuban government reported that the bodies of two missing residents were found on Saturday.
They disappeared last week as they tried to cross swelling rivers.
Sophia Soo, Reuters.
Heavy rainfall a week earlier fell on the mountainous region, causing damage.
Some 8,500 residents had to leave their homes for evacuation centres on higher ground.
Rivers and sewage systems overflowed, streets flooded, and landslides in some areas damaged homes.
Tobacco and rice fields remain flooded, as farmers try to salvage what they can.
The Cuban government reported that the bodies of two missing residents were found on Saturday.
They disappeared last week as they tried to cross swelling rivers.
Sophia Soo, Reuters.