East Cuba Slowly Returning to Normal after Noel Floods

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East Cuba Slowly Returning to Normal after Noel Floods

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East Cuba Slowly Returning to Normal

Havana , Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) The eastern Cuban provinces are
gradually returning to normality after flooding associated to Tropical
Storm Noel, which evacuated over 80,000 people and left one dead.

Authorities from the Granma province, the most affected territory,
decided to return evacuees to their homes if weather conditions are
stable.

Over 29,000 people were evacuated in houses of relatives and neighbors,
in addition to shelters created for this purpose in Granma and the
neighboring province of Las Tunas, "Buenos Dias" TV news program
reported.

Among them, about 25,000 people were from Rio Cauto municipality, over
435 miles east of Havana, faced with flooding in the island's largest
valley.

Nearly $305 million were lost in the agricultural and forest sector,
$91 million from products in the countryside and $78 million to get
plantations back.

The country assessed losses at $128 million in 21,987 damaged houses,
1,137 totally collapsed, as well as other damage to roads,
telecommunication and power service.

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East Cuba Slowly Returning to Normal after Noel Floods

as usual the problem is: no construction materials to repair housing.
Most of Cuba's housing is in a deplorable state sue to lack of maintenance.

Cuba: Housing Shortage Causes Grumbling In Havana
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaVerdad/message/6117

HOUSING

. Total Extant Housing Stock: 3.4 million units [16]
. Extant Housing Stock in Poor Condition (2005): 1.768 million units (est.)
[17]
. Lost Stock (2001-2005): 580,000 units [18]
. Rehabilitated Stock (2001-2005): 188,000 units [19]
. New Housing Deficit/Demand: 700,000 units (est.) [20]
. New Housing Construction (2001-2005): 32,000 units per year (est.) [21]
http://www.presslingua.com/web/article.asp?artID=3972


CUBA:'Colourful' Tenements Reminder of Severe Housing Deficit

Various studies concur that the biggest housing deficit is found in Havana,
which is home to 2.2 million of Cuba's 11 million people, and
where 46 percent of the 556,000 existing homes are in need of repairs to
some degree.

a few years," because "this is a difficult and costly goal."
http://www.lanuevacuba.com/nuevacuba/notic-06-04-505.htm


Cuban housing a tight squeeze; many complain prime land targeted for
tourists
The city is home to 2.2 million people who live in 540,000 dwellings.
Housing officials estimate that more than 50 percent of the dwellings are in
average to poor condition.
There are more than 20,000 people living in shelters and close to 100,000
living in housing that is considered unsafe.
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/cuba/housing-98.htm


The Revolution, even by the 1990s, had not caught up to chronic housing
shortages. Many darker-skinned Cubans still lived in cramped buildings
unsuitable for renting rooms to tourists or for private paladares,
home-based restaurants.

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/08/19/Worldandnation/A_race_left_behind_by.shtml


Over 500 articles on housing in Cuba:
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Visit www.cubaverdad.net

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