According to the information from the Forecast Center of the Institute of Meteorology, the low pressure area has been better organized and has had a rapid development in the last 12-24 hours. and a tropical depression is likely to form over the next few hours in the seas close to the Yucatan peninsula and western Cuba, the probability of rains remaining high in a large part of the national territory, which may be more numerous in the western half of the country, strong and intense in some locations, mainly in Pinar del Río and Artemisa and the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud, with accumulated estimates between 100 and 350 millimeters in the next 72 hours.
Considering this situation and the potential risk to our country, Management bodies are instructed to increase hydrometeorological surveillance, specify disaster risk reduction plans and their assurances in accordance with the results of the hazard, vulnerability and risk studies of each territorypaying attention to the protection of the population and the resources of the economy, as well as the experiences of the recent hydrometeorological events that occurred in the country.
The population is oriented to remain attentive to information from the Institute of Meteorology and Civil Defense, through the media and official profiles on social networks, to comply with the instructions given by local authorities and the rules of conduct provided for in a disciplined manner. to prevent loss of human life.
The Meteorology and National Institutes of Hydraulic Resources and the National General Staff of Civil Defense are keeping watch on this situation.
