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GLIDE Record
(2090 of 6487)
Event:
FL Flood
Number:
2008-000230
Country:
CUB Cuba
Location:
Holguin and Granma provinces
Date (YMD):
2008-11-20
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Duration:
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Information Source:
UNCT in Cuba
Comments:
As a result of the fourth cold front of the winter Season, which passed over the Eastern region of Cuba from the 17th to the 20th of November 2008, torrential rains fell on the region which caused severe flooding in the areas of Holguin and Granma provinces. As a result of the rains, which in the mountainous zones of Holguin and Sagua-Nipe-Baracoa Plateau reached precipitation levels of 600 millimeters, thousands of hectares of crops have been flooded and Civil Defense needed to evacuate thousands of people in the provinces of Holguin and Granma. All of the evacuees were attended to by local authorities.
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