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Last Sunday, at about 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon, general uproar alerted people to a flash-flood, one of these that periodically submerge Vedado.<\/p>\n<p>Evelio, a salesman in the well-known Malec\u00f3n Market on 1<sup>st<\/sup> and B, says he\u2019s used to it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week\u2019s flood took us by surprise but this time we managed to get everything evacuated\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62273\" style=\"width: 755px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-51.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62273 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-51.jpg\" alt=\"Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-5\" width=\"755\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-51.jpg 755w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-51-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evelio tries to prevent the drains blocking further. Photo: Jos\u00e9 Jas\u00e1n Nieves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Camilo Blanco lives in the basement of a building that is on the front of the coast, just next to the Craft Market. With every harsh winter, with every change of the wind towards the north-west in the Gulf of Mexico, he gathers up his belongings. He already knows that the sea will rise and now you can see him, unsurprised, prowling around the areas that are still dry between the market stalls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis time is worse than last week. I think the former took us by surprise, we had more warning about this one. Between Monday and Tuesday they cleaned everything. Yesterday they were still unblocking drains, but I don\u2019t think the water from today will drain away easily,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62281\" style=\"width: 755px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-131.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62281 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-131.jpg\" alt=\"Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-13\" width=\"755\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-131.jpg 755w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-131-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jos\u00e9 Jas\u00e1n Nieves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Search and Rescue team was despatched for the affected zone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUp until now there are no fatalities or injuries,\u201d said one of the rescuers in response to the growing rumour of a drowned person in the area of the Hotel Cohiba.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-61.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62282 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-61.jpg\" alt=\"Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-6\" width=\"855\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-61.jpg 855w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-61-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With his colleague, and under the direction of a command post situated near L\u00ednea (where they monitor everything via cameras installed in the rescuers\u2019 walkie-talkies) one rescuer pitched a rope that would allow movement from one side of the street to the other for two of the individuals stranded in the flood. \u201cLook for my Dad on Facebook and send him a photo, tell him that I\u2019m ok,\u201d he asked the <strong>OnCuba<\/strong> team.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62286\" style=\"width: 955px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-91.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62286 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-91.jpg\" alt=\"Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-9\" width=\"955\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-91.jpg 955w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-91-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jos\u00e9 Jas\u00e1n Nieves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the early hours of Sunday morning the sea began to recede in the lowest areas of the Havana coast. In the latest damage report there were only 45 evacuees, without any injuries or fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>As in the previous week, and in every recurring flood in this area, after the sea water deluge it is time to clean.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62287\" style=\"width: 755px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-42.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62287 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-42.jpg\" alt=\"Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-4\" width=\"755\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-42.jpg 755w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-42-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jos\u00e9 Jas\u00e1n Nieves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62288\" style=\"width: 955px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-111.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62288 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-111.jpg\" alt=\"Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-11\" width=\"955\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-111.jpg 955w, https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Inundaci\u00f3n-del-Malec\u00f3n-Penetraci\u00f3n-del-Mar-en-La-Habana-Cuba-Invierno-de-Enero-2015-111-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Jos\u00e9 Jas\u00e1n Nieves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the coastal areas of the Cuban capital, above all the low-lying areas, have been taking beatings from large waves driven by the arrival of cold fronts to the country. 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