The energy situation in the country and the effects of Hurricane Oscar will be analyzed today at Mesa Redonda.

 The Civil Defense General Staff declared the normal situation for four of the five provinces of eastern Cuba, except for Guantanamo, which reports major damage by the passage of Hurricane Oscar, which then degraded to a tropical storm.

The Electrical Power Company reported in the six o'clock this morning that 70. 89% of customers in Cuba have electricity service.

Unit No. 4 of the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes thermoelectric power plant, in the central province of Cienfuegos, has been in the process of starting up for the last few hours, to join in the reestablishment of the National Electroenergy System (SEN).

The Cuban Writers and Artists Association (UNEAC by its Spanish acronym) ratified in a statement its firm conviction of being at the service of the Homeland and the vocation of social service of its members.

 -Call of the Young Communist League, student organizations and youth movements.

Still flooded and not allowing the passage to adjacent territories, due to the flooding of the Sabanalamar River that drowned the main town, San Antonio del Sur remained at midnight on Monday, where Hurricane Oscar, later downgraded to a tropical storm, left a toll of six dead.

Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the National Defense Council (CDN), announced in Havana that he will not attend the BRICS Summit to be held in the Russian city of Kazan from October 23 to 24.

Felix Estrada Rodriguez, head of the National Charge Office of the Electric Power Corporation, explained the actions to be implemented to achieve the total reconnection of the National Electric System (SEN) when he participated in the Mesa Redonda program.

Cuban U12 baseball team participating at the Pan American Championship in Panama, which gives three places for the world cup, lost 1-6 to the Dominican Republic in a match played at the Andy Alonso stadium.

Tropical storm Oscar left Cuba on Monday evening after claiming six lives in the municipality of San Antonio del Sur, in the easternmost province of Guantanamo, according to preliminary assessment of the damage.

The power service in Havana was full reestablished on Monday afternoon, though still some lines were to be repaired in scattered areas, the Electric Company reported on social media.

Overflown rivers, damaged homes and infrastructure, fallen trees reveal the huge damage, not yet totally assessed, caused by tropical storm Oscar, which made landfall as a cat 1 hurricane near the Baracoa city in the easternmost Cuban province of Guantanamo.

The enterprise Aguas de La Habana announced the resumption of the water supply operations today after their shutdown following the collapse of the national power grid.

The Havana Electricity Enterprise reported today that around 50% of its customers are already receiving the service while hard work is under way to guarantee a full power service as production capacity increases.