Havana, October 29 - The Institute of Meteorology reported that the central region of Hurricane Melissa has been moving over the province of Holguín for the past three hours, with calm reported in the municipalities of Cueto, Mayarí, and Banes, the latter being the area where it is currently exiting into the sea.
Camagüey, Oct. 29 - Walter Simón Noris, president of the Provincial Defense Council (CDP), appeared via telephone on the special programming of Radio Cadena Agramonte where he reported that the territory had minimal effects from the passage of Hurricane Melissa, although the possibility of coastal flooding remains in the northern part of the region.
Camagüey, October 29 - María Isabel Cardero Martínez remains calm and safe at the Ignacio Agramonte Boarding School in the municipality of Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey province, after Hurricane Melissa passed through eastern Cuba.
Camagüey, October 28. - In the Santa Rita community, located in the municipality of Nuevitas in northern Camagüey province, protecting the population is prioritized amid the danger of coastal flooding and sea penetration caused by Hurricane Melissa.
Camagüey, October 28. - The Evaluation Commission of the Defense Council in the southern municipality of Vertientes proceeded to protect residents of the Sierra Maestra community, one of the flood- and isolation-prone areas in that demarcation, ahead of possible impacts from Hurricane Melissa.
Havana, October 28. - The Institute of Meteorology reports in its Tropical Cyclone Advisory No. 17 that Hurricane Melissa is beginning to move slowly north-northeast.
Camagüey, Oct. 27- Preserving the most sacred thing the Revolution holds—human lives—is the main priority in Camagüey, amid the approaching Hurricane Melissa, affirmed Walter Simón Noris, president of the Provincial Defense Council.
Havana, Oct. 27th - The National Civil Defense General Staff today decreed at 09:00 hours the Cyclonic Alarm Phase for the provinces of Guantánamo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguín, Granma, Las Tunas and Camagüey, before the imminent impact of Hurricane Melissa, as specified in official note No. 3 from the institution itself.
Nuevitas, Camagüey, October 27. - The Municipal Defense Council specified with the various subgroups the main actions to guarantee the preservation of human lives and state resources in Nuevitas, ahead of Hurricane Melissa's passage through the eastern part of the country.
Gaza, Oct. 25th - Israeli right-wing extremists blocked the entry of trucks carrying humanitarian aid destined for the starving population of Gaza this Friday near the Kerem Shalom border crossing, where incidents occurred that resulted in at least two arrests, local media reported.
Camagüey, Oct. 25th - The Najasa 2 dam, located in the municipality of Santa Cruz del Sur, in the province of Camagüey, is operated efficiently and safely to protect the population residing downstream of it, and in accordance with the current climatological situation and the proximity of Tropical Storm Melissa to the country.
Camagüey, Oct. 25th - Workers from the October 10th Power Plant (CTE, for its acronym in Spanish), in the Camagüey's municipality of Nuevitas, and other brigades, are undertaking a seven-day maintenance on Unit Six, concentrated on changing the 6B circulation pump and repairing one of the regenerative air heaters (RAH), in order to provide the block with better conditions for operation.