Fidel Castro once called Cuba’s power plants “prehistoric.” But the country still relies on them, contributing to the longest blackout since the collapse of its former patron, the Soviet Union.

Hurricane Oscar hit Cuba Sunday evening, worsening a nationwide power outage in its third day after the collapse of the country's largest power plant. The storm adds to Cuba's struggles with inflation,

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Oscar has made landfall in eastern Cuba, an island beleaguered by a massive power outage, after striking the southeastern Bahamas earlier in the day Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.