Havana, October 31 - Cuban authorities are intensifying recovery efforts today in the eastern provinces affected by Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour and Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
Havana, October 31 - Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and Secretary of Organization, described as outrageous, on his Facebook profile, the statement by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio regarding the offer of humanitarian aid to the victims of Hurricane Melissa in eastern Cuba.
Havana, October 31- Today, Venezuela is once again demonstrating its commitment to the well-being of the Cuban people, stated Yvan Gil Pinto, the South American country's Minister of Foreign Affairs, in this capital, following the shipment of 26 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba to support recovery efforts after Hurricane Melissa.
Havana, October 30. - The National Defense Council evaluated the preliminary damages after Hurricane Melissa's passage through a videoconference with the provinces where the main impacts occurred: Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Holguín, Las Tunas, and Guantánamo.
Holguín, October 30. - Miguel Díaz-Canel, president of the National Defense Council (CDN, for its acronym in Spanish), is today verifying the level of impacts on socioeconomic sectors left in the wake of Hurricane Melissa's passage through Holguín province, the territory where the meteorological phenomenon exited.
Havana, October 30. - Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, thanked today for the displays of affection and support following the recent victory in the United Nations General Assembly (AGNU) against the United States blockade.
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.