• Submitted by: manso
• Society
• 06 / 04 / 2011

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By Enrique Ojito Linares — last modified Jun 02, 2011 06:49 PM. Thirteen severe local storms have been reported this year in the central Cuban territory of Sancti Spiritus. Nine of them occurred in May, which, according to experts, is the time when storms are most likely to occur.

As it is said in the book Climatología de las tormentas locales severas de Cuba: cronología (Climatology of severe local storms in Cuba: chronology), although the likelihood differs from one location to another or even within the same area, no Cuban region can be considered as possibly unaffected.

According to investigations carried out in the island, severe local storms are mostly developed in the afternoon, between 15:00 and 18:00 hours. They are most frequent in plain areas away from the coasts.

Tornados are considered very harmful storms that develop in the lines of thunderstorms which precede certain cold fronts. Some other storms are connected to tropical cyclones that can affect any region in the island.  

Source: www.escambray.cu/Eng/SS/storm110602647