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, posing a challenge to the Communist government.
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.
Cuba hit by second blackout after grid collapse
Cubans experienced their second black out wave Saturday after government officials said they were working to restore electrical service to hospitals and crucial service centers after a grid failure on Friday.
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.
Cuba’s grid goes offline with massive blackout after a major power plant fails
Cuba’s electrical grid went down after one of the island’s major power plants failed, leaving millions without power
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 infrastructure, threatening a social explosion.
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.
Cubans struggle as power not fully restored days after blackout and hurricane hits island
Many Cubans are waiting in anguish as electricity on much of the island has yet to be totally restored after days of blackout.
Cuba grid collapses again, hurricane heaps on misery
Cuba's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, the fourth such failure in 48 hours, with a hurricane making landfall to compound the island's misery and threaten further havoc on its decrepit infrastructure.
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's electrical grid collapse frustrates residents
MIAMI: The Cuban people have been left in the dark after their nation's electrical grid collapsed Friday. "It was really frustrating because we don't know how long it will last," Omar McKenzie, a Cuban resident in Havana told CBS News Miami.
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A new nationwide outage occurred Saturday morning, hours after officials said power was being slowly restored, threatening to ...
Oscar leaves at least 6 dead in Cuba as a massive blackout halts activities and triggers protests
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'Hopeless': Cubans here register blackout despair from Cubans there — if they can reach them
With Cuba still in near total blackout, Cuban-Americans are having trouble making contact with family and friends on the ...
CNN reporter describes ‘unprecedented’ second blackout in Cuba
Cuba suffered a second nationwide blackout Saturday morning, hours after officials said power was being slowly ...
Hurricane Oscar Update: Storm Heads Toward Blackout-Prone Cuba
Oscar is packing maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour, with stronger gusts in some areas. The storm's center is ...