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Despite tropical storm Emily, the weather for the upcoming period in Havana will be influenced by an area of high pressure centered at 88° west and 24°north (as of Wednesday, August 3) that will begin moving slowly toward the east over the next few days. On Saturday, August 6, there could occur isolated rains. Apart from this we will have typical summer weather, with partially cloudy skies in the afternoons and a likelihood of rain produced from the heat during the day.

The far eastern Cuban province of Guantanamo has begun making preparations for a possible impact from Tropical Storm Emily, which has inclined slightly to the west, making possible a landing in Cuba.

The large Cuban medical brigade fighting cholera and post earthquake and other health problems in Haiti now has one more possibility to prepare for: Tropical Storm Emily.

Cuban President Raul Castro addressed the country’s parliament on Monday, making sharp criticism of resistance to implement the changes in the country’s struggling economy mandated by the VI Communist Party Congress last April.

The forecasters at the Cuban Weather Institute (INSMET) now see the center of TS Emily passing west and north of far eastern Cuba instead of approaching the tip of Guantanamo as projected early in the day.

The 22nd edition of the Pastors for Peace Friendship Caravan to Cuba just returned to the US after taking 100 tons of humanitarian aid to Cuba gathered during June-July in 130 cities across the United States and Canada.

Tropical Storm Emily could touch land in the far eastern tip of Guantanamo, Cuba by Thursday after passing over parts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.