At least five people died in Cuba due to Hurricane Ian and more than 100,000 houses were damaged only in the westernmost province of the country, according to official media reports on Sunday.
A the three deaths initially reported were added to two technicians from the state company Unión Eléctrica, who had an accident while working to repair the damage caused by the hurricane in the provinces of Artemisa and Havana.
The number of houses affected represents close to 20% of the total for the province. The main damage is on the roofs, which in Pinar del Río are mostly light, said the director of Housing for the province, Andrés Martín, quoted this Sunday by the official publication Cubadebate.
Ian severely hit Pinar del Río, where according to the official there is a complex situation because the province has a deficit of 6, houses, pending construction after past cyclones.
Housing is one of the areas most affected by this powerful hurricane, in addition to electrical and telephone services, drinking water supply and agricultural production, especially tobacco, the main product of that territory.
At the moment, only 7% of the 170,311 clients in Pinar del Río who, according to the authorities, must be restored within a period of 15 to 20 days.
In Havana, the Electric Union informed that the 95.3% of the c Customers already have electricity, but there is still no service in specific places in the city. Regarding the water supply, it was reported that 92 % of the population receives the service, with 170,15 pending clients.
Ian, a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale (maximum of 5), is the first this season to It has passed through Cuba, where it has caused numerous material losses that have not yet been fully quantified.