Las Tunas is back to normal after the passage of "Elsa."

According to information from the Forecast Center of the Cuban Institute of Meteorology, Tropical Storm Elsa is moving away from the eastern territory, so it was decided to return to normality in the provinces of Las Tunas, Guantánamo, Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Holguín, Camagüey, and Ciego de Ávila, starting at 11:00 am today.

Village of Guayabal. Photo: Róger Aguilera / ACN.

In the capital city, the impact of tropical storm Elsa was practically imperceptible; in the south of the province of Las Tunas, the authorities confirmed the possible incidence of this hydrometeorological event.

Las Tunas Meteorological Center. Photo: Taken from Facebook.

Although up to this minute the province of Las Tunas reports tranquility, the agencies and the entire society as a whole have adopted the pertinent measures for the current phase of cyclonic alarm to avoid possible material and human damage, in the proximity of Tropical Storm Elsa.

The crops in the harvest phase have already been collected and distributed.

Actions aimed at protecting the harvest of various crops, infrastructure, livestock, resources, and products have been developed by the Agriculture System in this province, in the face of the possible danger of the passage of "Elsa" through this eastern region.

 More than 8,000 evacuated people in Las Tunas

Until noon this Sunday, in the province of Las Tunas, 8,310 people living in vulnerable areas that could be affected during the passage of Tropical Storm Elsa remain evacuated.