Miguel Díaz–Canel Bermúdez, Party Political Bureau member and first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers, called for disciplined, well organized, and above all comprehensive efforts, during an exchange with authorities here.

Of the more than 20 schools damaged in Guantanamo by Hurricane Irma, only 2 remain to be recovered; the Ernesto Che Guevara, from Yateras municipality and Aguedo Morales de Palma Clara, in Baracoa, according to Alis Azahares Torreblanca, provincial director of Education.

Restoring electrical service, reestablishing regular water supplies to the population, and reopening schools are priorities for Cuban authorities, according to officials during the seventh meeting of the National Defense Council for Disaster Reduction, held yesterday, September 11, in Havana.

Hurricane Irma, with its destructive power, battered our island for 72 hours, beginning the morning of September 8 until this Sunday afternoon.