Electricity finally begins to return in Cuba after multi-day power blackout
School is out and all non-essential work places ordered closed until Thursday after the island’s power grid collapsed.
Many Cubans still waiting for power to return after days of blackout
Many Cubans are waiting in anguish as electricity on much of the island has yet to be totally restored after days of blackout.
Cuba’s Government Struggles to Restore Power After Nationwide Blackout
Electricity outages have paralyzed an already-crippled economy, leading to shortages of everything from cash to running water.
Electricity Restored To 50% Of Havana After Nationwide Blackout: Cuba State Media
"Around 50 percent of clients" now have power, Havana's electricity company said in a report published by state-run news portal Cubadebate. Power went out for the communist island's 10 million people on Friday after the collapse of the nation's largest power plant crippled the grid.
Electricity returns in most of Havana, but rest of Cuba is still plagued by blackouts
Following three days of nationwide blackouts caused by the collapse of Cuba’s electrical system, power was restored to most of Havana on Monday, after Cuban authorities gave up efforts to restore the entire grid for now and opted to try to hook up individual regions around the country.
Cuba Restoring Power Again After Multiple Grid Failures
Cars drive on Havana's seafront boulevard Malecon as the country's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, according to Cuba's energy and mines ministry, in the latest setback to the government's efforts to restore power to the island,
Cubans struggle as power not fully restored days after blackout
Many Cubans waited in anguish Sunday as electricity on much of the island had yet to be restored days after an island-wide blackout. Their concerns were also raised as Hurricane Oscar made landfall in the southeastern Bahamas and was heading toward their country.
Cuba fails to restore electricity, suffers second nationwide blackout after grid collapse
Many of Cuba’s power plants are outdated and inefficient; some have been in operation for over 50 years without proper maintenance. After the country’s grid collapsed when hurricane Ian hit in 2022, experts warned the government needed to urgently invest in modernizing the system.
Cubans struggle with an extended power outage and a new tropical storm
Many Cubans waited in anguish and some took to the streets in protest as widespread blackouts stretched into their third day
Cuba struggles to recover from blackouts, grid collapse
Cuban residents are taking to the streets in outrage over the island's electrical grid collapse. NBC News's Valerie Castro reports as the country is slowly recovering from the outage.
Cuba plunged into crisis by prolonged power blackouts
As Cuban authorities were struggling to reconnect the country’s decrepit power grid on Sunday, a category-one hurricane barrelled into the east of the island, dumping heavy rain and lashing the area with winds.
Cuba gets some electricity back after major power outage left millions in the dark
Cuba’s government says some electricity has been restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed ...
Cuba Hit By Mass Blackout After Country’s National Electricity Grid Is ‘Completely Disconnected’
The failure of Cuba’s CTE Antonio Guiteras plant occurred at 11 a.m. EDT, causing the country’s National Electricity System ...
Cuba in crisis as electrical grid collapses causing island-wide blackout
Cuba has repeatedly failed to bring its electrical grid back up as a result of fuel shortages and deteriorating ...
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Electricity blackout puts Cubans on edge
Cuban Tania Ramirez walks alone along Havana's famous Malecon promenade to relieve the stress wrought by the massive blackout ...
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Cubans struggle as power not fully restored days after island-wide blackout
HAVANA — Many Cubans waited in anguish Sunday as electricity on much of the island had yet to be restored days after an ...
A Nationwide Blackout, Now a Hurricane. How Much Can Cuba Endure?
The repeated failure of the power grid and a hurricane that has swamped the island’s eastern end has many Cubans fed up, ...
Hurricane Oscar heads for Cuba after making landfall in Bahamas
(Reuters) -Hurricane Oscar is expected to reach Guantanamo or Holguin in Cuba later on Sunday as the island country struggles ...
Oscar weakens to tropical storm after hitting Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane
Tropical Storm Oscar advanced across eastern Cuba early Monday after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane.