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The rains reported during the days three and four of October increased from 77 to 83 the percentage of accumulated water in the reservoirs of Isla de la Juventud, as was known at a meeting of the Municipal Defense Council (CDM), where measures are adopted before the proximity of hurricane Delta, already with category two.
Engineer Yaisel Cobarrubias Bravo, delegate of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources in the territory, reported that 10 of the 14 artificial reservoirs are above one hundred percent of their filling capacity and relieve their waters, while El Abra and La Fe store the 99 and 87 percent of the liquid, respectively.
He previously commented that this territory has a total storage capacity of 229 million 600 thousand cubic meters (m³) of the vital liquid to support the demand for organisms, among which agriculture stands out. CDM authorities indicated keeping two of the dams under strict surveillance because they are upstream from neighboring settlements and economic targets in case of heavy rains. Luis Sánchez, head of the forecasting department of the territorial delegation of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, reported that in the first four days of the current the accumulated rainfall was higher than 154.2 millimeters of rainfall, historical average for the tenth month of the year.
Liván Fuentes Álvarez, vice president of the Municipal Defense Council (CDM) in Isla de la Juventud, in the Cyclonic Alarm Phase due to the passage of Hurricane Delta, reported that at the moment sea penetrations with trains are reported from the southern coast of that territory wave up to three meters high.
In conversation via WhatsApp, Evelio Labadí Mompeller, district delegate from the southern town of Cocodrilo, reported that from three in the morning today the sea began to penetrate, a situation that still continues, and winds of 30 to 40 kilometers are perceived by time.
Luis Sánchez Suárez, head of the forecasting department of the territorial delegation of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, corroborated to the CDM that for that area of the local geography strong swells are forecast with waves of 2.5 to four meters high and gusts wind from 35 to 40 kilometers per hour.
He added that due to the feeding bands and area of influence of the hurricane over the southwestern area of the Cuban archipelago, at eight o'clock this Tuesday night, maximum gusts of wind of 91 kilometers per hour were recorded in Punta del Este.
Among the significant data associated with the hydrometorological event are the intense rains that contributed 149.1 millimeters (mm) of water in the Colony area; The rain gauges also registered figures above 100 mm in Libertad-Las Tunas (112.5), Mal País I (110.5) and La jagua (106.2), he commented.
The meteorology specialist specified that in the first six days of October a sheet of 230 mm of rainfall was recorded here, an average higher than the historical average (154.2) for the tenth month of the year.
Yaisel Cobarrubias Bravo, delegate of the Institute of Hydraulic Resources, reported that the dams are at 86 percent of the total filling capacity; Of the 14 reservoirs, 12 relieve their waters, with large runoff, exceeding 300 cubic meters per second.
They still monitor these artificial reservoirs and in two of them heavy equipment is maintained in case of failures because they are upstream from economic objectives and the population, the engineer pointed out.
He added that due to the rains from Hurricane Delta, floods were reported in low-lying areas of Nueva Gerona and La Fe, the second largest town in the special municipality.
Zunilda García Garcés, president of the CDM, called on the population to avoid going out to fish in spillways and much less in the sea, to preserve human lives, and to be attentive to the Civil Defense guidelines.
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