A killer tornado swept through last night, January 27, in the capital of Cuba — Havana. Strong wind felled trees and electric poles, tore roofs off houses and overturned cars.
As reported today by the President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Kanel’, at least 3 people were killed and 172 were injured.
A very strong #tornado hits #Havana on Sunday evening and causes severe damage in several municipalities, 3 deaths, injured 172 people. The recovery has started. From @EmbacubaCanada we wish you #FuerzaHabana #FuerzaCuba pic.twitter.com/XMseFasy8w
— Josefina Vidal (@JosefinaVidalF) January 28, 2019
According to Julio Menendez, 33-year-old restaurant worker from the district of 10 de Octubre in the East of Havana, the area looks «like a scene from a horror movie or disaster movie».
«It was bad weather, Yes, but no one expected this, we were not prepared for the elements. I heard a sound like a falling plane and immediately rushed to her daughters to hug them,» the man said in an interview with the Associated Press.
Driver Oster Rodriguez is seen as «a thick billowing cloud» descended on the quarter Reparto Modelo. The element turned the bus in the square. Fortunately, the people in it were not injured.
A 7-storey hospital Daughters of Galicia took off almost all the patients had to be evacuated. On the next street uprooted the 9 metre high palm tree crushed a car.
According to the authorities, a tornado hit the Eastern districts of Havana, and the nearest town of San Miguel de padrón.
«On Sunday evening I worked at a restaurant in the district of 10 de Octubre, recalls chef Leans Calvo. — Heard a wild noise, looked out the window and saw a “touchdown” of a tornado. He touched the ground again, and soared into the air. It was like a huge tower. It was only seconds, but the most terrible seconds of my life.»
