{"id":14360,"date":"2025-10-26T12:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=14360"},"modified":"2025-10-26T12:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:02:08","slug":"guantanamo-take-measures-before-the-hit-if-hurricane-melissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/guantanamo-take-measures-before-the-hit-if-hurricane-melissa\/","title":{"rendered":"Guant\u00e1namo Take Measures before the Hit if Hurricane Melissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Consejo-de-DEfensa_Gtmo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1254\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Consejo-de-DEfensa_Gtmo.jpg 1254w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Consejo-de-DEfensa_Gtmo-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Consejo-de-DEfensa_Gtmo-1024x652.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Consejo-de-DEfensa_Gtmo-768x489.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1254px) 100vw, 1254px\" \/>Guant\u00e1namo.- The president of the Guant\u00e1namo Provincial Defense Council, Yoel P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda, called an urgent meeting to implement an action plan in response to the imminent battering of Hurricane Melissa, which is strengthening into a hurricane with maximum gusts if winds of 220 km\/h.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">In his speech, the political leader emphasized the priority of safeguarding the lives and well-being of citizens. Among the measures adopted, the need to shore up the lightweight roofs of homes, businesses, and organizations to prevent structural damage stands out. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">The immediate evacuation of vulnerable communities, such as Cecilia, Paraguay, 1ro de Mayo, and buildings with 12 and 18 floors, which are prone to flooding, was ordered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span dir=\"auto\">We suggest\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GUIA-FAMILIAR-defensa-civil-cuba-areas-rurales.pdf\"><span dir=\"auto\">FAMILY GUIDE-civil-defense-Cuba-rural-areas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W8oGVl66iMk?si=0ZeKIH-ZHX5Kd05D\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\"><strong><em><span dir=\"auto\">Nearly 145,000 people will be evacuated in Guantanamo due to the imminence of Hurricane Melissa.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">In addition, specialized care will be provided to vulnerable groups, including the elderly and pregnant women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\"> The Council President also urged ensuring the sale of root vegetables and other harvested crops, which is vital for food security during the storm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">To mitigate impacts, it is recommended to optimize the time available for tree pruning and drain cleaning. It is also essential to identify drinking water reservoirs by district and ensure primary health care in all areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Consejo-de-DEfensa_Gtmo2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Consejo-de-DEfensa_Gtmo2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Consejo-de-DEfensa_Gtmo2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Consejo-de-DEfensa_Gtmo2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Consejo-de-DEfensa_Gtmo2-768x512.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guant\u00e1namo.- The president of the Guant\u00e1namo Provincial Defense Council, Yoel P\u00e9rez Garc\u00eda, called an urgent meeting to implement an action plan in response to the imminent battering of Hurricane Melissa, which is strengthening into a hurricane with maximum gusts if winds of 220 km\/h. In his speech, the political leader emphasized the priority of safeguarding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guantanamo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14362,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14360\/revisions\/14362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}