HURRICANE

Hurricane Agatha killed 11 people, and left 33 missing and severe material damages in homes, roads, power lines and agriculture, Oaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat reported on Wednesday. »

Tropical Storm Grace continues to intensify and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane »

The province of Pinar del Rio and the special municipality Isla de la Juventud were on the eve and in the first hours of Tuesday, the territories most hit by the rains»

According to the Department of Meteorology, in Cape San Antonio almost 60 millimeters of precipitation were registered in two hours, as well as winds of up to 97 kilometers per hour»

With 185-kilometer-per hour sustained winds and higher gusts, Matthews became a category three hurricane this morning and continues to intensify as it moves on Caribbean waters»

Tropical Storm Bertha, the second storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, takes aim at Barbados and the Lesser Antilles.»

Through Meteoro 2014 Popular Exercise, Cuba demonstrated its capacity to face natural or technological disasters previous the start, on June 1st, of the hurricane season.»

The Meteoro 2013 drill will be carried out in Cuba on May 18 and 19, to reduce the vulnerabilities this country is exposed in case of high intensity hurricanes and other extreme disasters.»

Cuban First Vice-President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura visited the municipalities of Cueto and Mayari in Holguin province, where he called for giving priority to restoring services to the population in the areas affected by Hurricane Sandy.»

In Sancti Spiritus, Raul met with José R. Monteagudo and Teresita Romero, president and vice president, respectively, of the Provincial Defense Council.»