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Flood in Cuba

Location

Cuba

Date

2025-10-28

to 2025-10-30

Coordinates

Lat: 20.3700559
Lon: -76.4272225

Danger Scale
Disaster Details

Event summary

Flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103585
Glide number: FL-2025-000201-CUB
Death: 0
Displaced: 649487
Countries: Cuba
From - To 28 Oct - 30 Oct

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Hurricane Melissa, Cuba, October 2025 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba in late October 2025, causing wind damage and flooding. In advance of the storm, the government of Cuba ordered the evacuation of 649,487 people in the provinces of Granma (110,000 people); Santiago de Cuba (258,573); Holguín (69,000); Guantánamo (139,914); and Las Tunas (72,000). This would be the largest evacuation operation in the country since Hurricane Ian in 2022. Wed 29 Oct 2025 Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Continúan operaciones de rescate en Guamo, Granma: Evacúan otras 135 p.. 11/2/2025 10:27:00 PM .

Este domingo el ministro de Transporte Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila informó que “prosigue la operación de evacuación de la población de Guamo en el municipio Río Cauto en Granma hacia Jobabo en la provincia Las Tunas. Tras su llegada a Jobabo e
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Hurricane Melissa death toll rises to 28 in storm-battered Jamaica The.. 11/2/2025 10:13:00 PM .

Andrew Holness confirmed nine deaths on Saturday, and suggested the figure may rise, with possible fatalities still being verified. Aid authorities, including the Jamaica Defence Force and the Ministry of Health and Wellness, were coordina
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Gobierno cubano reconoce que el restablecimiento eléctrico en oriente .. 11/2/2025 8:07:00 PM .

El régimen cubano reconoció que el proceso de restablecimiento del servicio eléctrico en el oriente del país está “complejizado” , debido a los cuantiosos daños provocados por el huracán Melissa en las redes de distribución y las líneas de
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How To Support Hurricane Melissa Victims And Avoid Fake Charities 11/2/2025 6:30:00 PM .

The Better Business Bureau has warned that scams take advantage of the chaos and emotions surrounding natural disasters to steal money or personal information. Common scams to watch for include: Fake charities mimicking legitimate disaster
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),

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