WEATHER

Taking into consideration the weather forecast issued about the new tropical system that may affect western and central Cuba with heavy rainfall, measures have been adopted in Sancti Spiritus since yesterday aimed at protecting the people living in the south of the province, given the threat of sea penetrations and floods. Experts from the local Meteorological Center informed the Provincial »

A new annual report on the weather in the world, confirmed that 2016 must be considered as the warmest year in a period of 137 consecutive years of keeping registrations»

January to August 2015 was the warmest period recorded in Cuba since 1951, a newsletter monitoring the Meteorology Institute’s Climate Center said.»

The city of Jatibonico, in the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus, was hiy by a severe local storm which caused considerable damage to buildings, the electricity network, and the communication roads.»

The central Cuban territory of Sancti Spiritus has been recently provided with five automatic meteorological stations, which can permanently monitor weather variables without the intervention of specialist personnel.»