Cuba’s Meteorology Institute said the city of Pinar del Río was in the heart of the hurricane for an hour and a half. Local government station TelePinar reported heavy damage at the main hospital in Pinar del Rio city, tweeting photos of collapsed ceilings and downed trees. Videos on social media showed downed power lines and cut off roads in the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Artemisa and Mayabeque. But the storm tore it down,” said Mercedes Valdés, who lives along the highway connecting Pinar del Río to San Juan y Martínez. “We couldn’t rescue our things ... we just ran out.“___AP journalist Osvaldo Angulo in Pinar del Rio contributed to this report.

Source: thestar September 28, 2022 03:48 UTC