Articles of Hurricane Irma

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Dominica is in shock

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dominica-huracanTwo weeks after Dominica was devastated by Hurricane Maria’s winds of over 250 kilometers per hour, the island remains in a state of shock. “It looked like a tornado,” Debora Bowerstold Granma. Aged 70, she clearly remembers when Hurricane David struck the island four decades ago. “This was twice as bad,” she stressed.

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Mercedes López Acea receives First Lady of Panama

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Mercedes López Acea, a vice president of the Council of State, received the First Lady of Panama, Lorena Castillo de Varela, Thursday, September 28, who arrived to Cuba with a shipment of donations, as part of the aid offered by her country to the island following Hurricane Irma.

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The Havana Malecón preparing to reopen

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After two weeks of intense work to repair damage caused by Hurricane Irma to Havana’s Malecon, parts of the avenue and its surrounding areas are set to reopen October 1. The avenue is closed due to repair works currently underway, stated Raúl Díaz Guadarrama, director general of the National Roads Administration Center, speaking to ACN.