Tourists in Cuba should expect ‘a really bad day’ due to another widespread power outage hitting the country after the hurricane Rafael.
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Like millions of island residents, hotels find themselves, for a second time in as many weeks, without electricity.
“The hotels, at the moment, are on generators to try to meet the needs of customers,” explains travel agent François Laramée in an interview with Mario Dumont.
The latter communicated with a person who is currently in Cuba and who confirms that they have “the bare minimum”.
“They don’t have air conditioning, obviously. And they have the minimum to eat,” reports the travel agent.
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The latter, however, believes that the situation should recover more quickly, in particular because there is less damage than after the passage of the hurricane. Oscar.
“I think there will be no problem from tomorrow. It should be back to normal, because the tropical storm will have passed. The damage, at the moment here, we are talking about Varadero. It’s certain that Havana is more affected, but it’s windier, obviously. Then everything is boarded up, so there will be less damage than last time.”
The hurricane Rafaelcategory 3, hit Cuba on Wednesday evening, causing flooding, damage, but above all, a new general power outage throughout the country.
