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Official sources in Venezuela say the houses, based on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) components, are safe for human health. Families moved into a similar neighbourhood, made up of 100 petro-casas, earlier this year in the central Cuban city of Cienfuegos.
Caletones, a small fishing and resort village 20 km from Gibara, will also be relocated a safe distance from the sea. In that area, the storm surge flooded one kilometre inland when Ike hit, leaving only a few solidly-built cabins constructed by government companies standing." [source]
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