SANDY - Preps/Obs/Reports - NW Caribbean/Bahamas/Florida

[MiamiensisWx]

Translated via Google Translate:

Reported in Cuba hurricane affectations Sandy

Havana, Oct 25 (Prensa Latina) The hurricane left Sandy today eastern Cuba, after causing affectations, especially with hundreds of downed trees and power outages, according to press reports indicate.
• Hurricane Sandy goes to the Bahamas
Upon entering the province of Santiago de Cuba, the second-most populous country with over a million inhabitants, about 1:25 local time (05:25 GMT), the meteor impacted category two strength to the eastern territory.

According to Cuban television reports, the hurricane-force winds hit the city of Santiago de Cuba, with hundreds of downed trees and left the city completely off.

The weather event, with maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour, tore roofs of some houses, uprooted trees, electric and telephone poles.

Also, tourist facilities as Baconao Park, east of the city, had been beaten by the winds and sea flooding, reported the provincial radio journalist CMKC, Oscar Ruano.

In Siboney, about 14 kilometers from the city of Santiago de Cuba, the waves reached nine and 10 meters high above the boardwalk of the town, and entered the waters up to 35 meters inland.

Meanwhile, the province of Holguín-third most populous in the country and more than one million inhabitants, reported damages in some homes in the town of Banes, and electric and telephone outages in the towns of Cueto and Mayari.

The hurricane moved through the Middle Sandy Cuban unabated or structure, according to the weather report, upon arrival to Cuban shores by Playa Mar Verde, in the province of Santiago de Cuba.

Sandy remained as a category two hurricane on the five-level Saffir-Simpson-off of the island, in the vicinity of Cabo Lucrecia, Banes, coincidentally where it entered the devastating "Ike" in September 2008.

According to TV reports, floods remain in the country's north coast, from Holguin to Villa Clara.

lac / jha

http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&idioma=1&id=645491&Itemid=1

[Lutrastorm]

Does anyone have any good newspapers or live radio reports from the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands? I am sure that at least some people here know connections in those areas and need up-to-date transmissions.

http://www.znsbahamas.com national radio station

[Macrocane]

Looking at this pictures from Cuba I think it's safe to say bye bye to the name Sandy:





Source: http://www.juventudrebelde.cu/multimedia/fotografia/huracan-sandy-2/huracan-sandy/

[artist]

my prayers go out to all.

[CrazyC83]

Probably already a billion-dollar disaster. I agree, the name Sandy is headed to the dustbin.

[Sanibel]

Outer band visible to the east here. No rain. Overcast.


10Kt wind on Causeway from the NE. Laminar sheet wind.

[CrazyC83]

According to a tweet from NBC News, the death toll is up to 11 in Cuba, mostly in Santiago de Cuba.

[cycloneye]

Here is another photo of the damage in Santiago de Cuba.

[artist]

oh wow! Thanks for posting this info all. Really sad to see, though.

[Macrocane]

Hurricane Sandy caused 11 deaths in Cuba, 9 in Haiti and 1 in Jamaica

Hurricane Sandy extended on Thursday their effects by causing 11 deaths in Cuba, nine in Haiti and one in Jamaica, besides destroying thousands of damaged homes, leaving flooded crops and trees felled by the heavy rains and strong winds of up to 165 km/h.

In Haiti, at least nine people died and three others remain missing by Sandy rains, according to an interim assessment offered Thursday by the Minister of the Interior, Leon Ronsard Saint-Cyr.

"This was terrible, here many homes lost their roofs, doors and Windows, blinds were flying." "Many families went running early in the morning because they were falling roofs," he told AFP Lachesis Bravo, a 36-year worker who lives on the outskirts of Santiago de Cuba.

More info here

[Caribwxgirl]

Just a quick note to say I fared well but lots didn't. There is great damage in the eastern Parishes assessment of the damage cost is being done. One life reported lost and several injuries. I'm using my cell phone so can't post pics. As soon as service is back on will do so.

Thanks all for you concern. All the best to others in the path of Sandy.

[brunota2003]

Glad to hear that you are OK! Sorry to hear about the loss of life in other parts, though.

[artist]

Just a quick note to say I fared well but lots didn't. There is great damage in the eastern Parishes assessment of the damage cost is being done. One life reported lost and several injuries. I'm using my cell phone so can't post pics. As soon as service is back on will do so.

Thanks all for you concern. All the best to others in the path of Sandy.

so good to hear from you! Take care and I am sorry to hear about the damage and loss of life. Check in when you get power back up.

[Sanibel]

Windier from the north today. Broken overcast with blue patches. No rain.


Non-event here.

[Terry]

I'm on Juno Beach. So far, it isn't as bad at is was for me in Debby on Anna Maria Island. Plenty of beach erosion with more to come.

We have a home in Green Turtle Cay, Abacos so I've been following news out of there. Typical tidal flooding and minor damages being reported. Here are a couple of photos.

Green Turtle Cay/New Plymouth:



This is from Great Guana:

[MiamiensisWx]

The Caribbean death toll has now burgeoned to 58 lives, 44 of which are in Haiti (and likely to rise further):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/27/hurricane-sandy-2012-hait_n_2029719.html?utm_hp_ref=world