Havana: Storm Tropical Storm Elsa seemed ready to exit Cuba on Monday near Havana, playing on track to Florida even though the slanted weather system is expected to remove heavy rain on the biggest land behind.
At 9:00 p.m., the Storm Center is 40 km (25 miles) to the southeast of the capital who still undergoes quiet weather conditions, said the Cuban Meteorology Institute, because crossing the country’s center from the south to the north slowly 20 km per hour.
Sustainable winds are close to 85 kmpja (50 mph) while the storm wave affects the South Coast of Cuba and will begin to occur on the north coast as well, the Institute said, causing light flooding in the capital in the famous coastal area as along the famous Malecon such as Corniche Seaside.
“The rain will come behind the middle so the fact moves into the sea along the north coast between Havana and Mayabeque …
does not mean that the rain has ended,” said the famous Cuba meteorologist Jose Rubiera said on country television.
More than 100,000 people in Cuba were evacuated from flood-prone or unsafe housing areas on the path of potential from the storm, most of them went to family homes and friends, but thousands of people also to government shelter, the media managed by the government.
While such readiness usually allows Cuba to avoid the type of victim of a storm seen elsewhere, he comes in the midst of Cuban’s worst Coronavirus outbreak since the start of Pandemi, raised fears that evacuation could trigger infection.
Elsa has caused at least three direct deaths and some damage to infrastructure and agriculture in the Southeast Caribbean Cuban islands such as St Lucia and the Dominican Republic.
It came when the archipelago that depends on tourism has struggled with the economic downfall of the Pandemic Coronavirus and Bracing for the active storm season.
Cuban meteorologists said that the rain from Elsa could be proven positive for agriculture, strengthening the water reservoir, as long as they were not too intense.
The rainfall of 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 cm) with a maximum amount isolated 15 inches (38 cm) is estimated in all parts of Cuba on Monday night and is expected to produce “significant flood and mudslides,” which is based in Miami.
National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Tropical storm watches and storm wave watches are in place for most west coast Florida, NHC said, with Elsa is expected to strengthen in the sea when it passes near the Florida button on Tuesday morning and moves near or more from the western part of Florida on the day Tuesday and Wednesday.
The storm approach forced Florida officials to destroy the remaining part of a condominium building that collapsed 11 days ago, killing at least 24 people with more than 120 still missing.
But the revised prediction shows the tracking of Elsa to make landing in the northern Miami-Dade trigger new optimism that searches for survivors will remain unbroken.
NHC said the number of 3 inches of up to 5 inches (8 to 13 cm) with a total of local maximum up to 8 inches (20 cm) is expected in the key and western part of Florida to Wednesday, which can produce flights and urban floods that are quite large, along with river floods Medium small to be isolated.
Some tornadoes were possible throughout South Florida on Monday night and crossed the Florida Peninsula on Tuesday, the agency added.
“All of the floridians must prepare the possibility of heavy rain, flooding, and potential power outages,” wrote the Governor of Florida Ron Desantis on Twitter.
In Seminole, Florida, residents filled the sand bag and placed them outside their homes to prevent flooding.
“If we have a lot of water …
and I waited until later to get a sand bag there it won’t be there anymore, and then I will have a wet bedroom,” said Wendy Schultz, added that he would remain for the others.
“Because, you know, it’s Florida.” Authorities and locals in several countries of the Caribbean Island including Cuba have started working on Monday to repair damage caused by Elsa such as removing the rolled trees and other debris and returning power.