Sep 09, 2008, 04:46 PM
HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 8 (acn) Civil defense authorities reported Monday that four Cuban citizens died as a consequence of the passing of Hurricane Ike through Cuba.
The report reads as follows:
Pedro Corso Soto, 76, and Ángel Sánchez Cabello, 35, residents of Rancho Veloz, a town in the Corralillo municipality of Villa Clara province, died when they were trying to dismantle a TV antenna, which fell on the electric lines, and electrocuted them.
Pascual Villafaña Rivera, 35, resident of the city of Camaguey, was hit by a wall of his house which collapsed under the impact of a fallen tree. Carmelina Diéguez Santiesteban, 74, resident of El Negro town, in Banes, Holguin, was inside her home when it collapsed under the heavy winds.
This report of fatalities is preliminary since it doesn't include information from all affected places.
The Civil Defense authorities extended their condolences to the family and friends of the deceased persons and called on the population to follow the protective measures indicated by the local officials to prevent regrettable events like these.
http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2008/0908cuat...ecidos.htm
The report reads as follows:
Pedro Corso Soto, 76, and Ángel Sánchez Cabello, 35, residents of Rancho Veloz, a town in the Corralillo municipality of Villa Clara province, died when they were trying to dismantle a TV antenna, which fell on the electric lines, and electrocuted them.
Pascual Villafaña Rivera, 35, resident of the city of Camaguey, was hit by a wall of his house which collapsed under the impact of a fallen tree. Carmelina Diéguez Santiesteban, 74, resident of El Negro town, in Banes, Holguin, was inside her home when it collapsed under the heavy winds.
This report of fatalities is preliminary since it doesn't include information from all affected places.
The Civil Defense authorities extended their condolences to the family and friends of the deceased persons and called on the population to follow the protective measures indicated by the local officials to prevent regrettable events like these.
http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2008/0908cuat...ecidos.htm
