Cuba restores power to parts of Havana following hurricane
6 days ago — Russia on Friday pledged to provide Cuba with approximately 80,000 tons of diesel fuel worth $60 million to assist the island nation in its energy crisis, Russian state-run RIA news agency ...
Cubans wait in anguish as blackout stretches into third day | AP News
Oct 22, 2024 — HAVANA (AP) — A small town in far eastern Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least six people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy rain.
Most of Havana back online as Cuba works to revive power grid
Oct 21, 2024 — Cuba's power-grid operator said it had restored electricity to most of the capital Havana on Monday even as Tropical Storm Oscar lashed the island's eastern end, downing trees and power lines.
Hurricane Rafael plows across Cuba as a Category 3 storm ... - The …
Nov 7, 2024 — HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Rafael pushed into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday night after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire ...
Cuban power grid collapses for fourth time as hurricane arrives
Oct 20, 2024 — On Sunday afternoon the Cuban Electrical Union announced that more than 216,000 people in Havana, a city of 2 million, had power restored. The power grid collapsed again later in the day –– for...
Cuba power outage: Entire island goes dark, 10 million ... - NBC News
Oct 18, 2024 — HAVANA — The electricity went out Friday in Cuba, affecting the entire island's population of 10 million after one of its main power plants failed, according to Cuba’s energy ministry.
Cuba slowly starts restoring power after island-wide blackout - NBC News
Oct 19, 2024 — The vast majority of the country’s 10 million residents were still in the dark on Friday night, but scattered pockets of the capital Havana, including some of the city’s major hospitals, saw...
Cuba Suffers Blackout After Power Plant Failure Near Havana
Oct 18, 2024 — The electricity went out nationwide Friday morning after a failure at a thermoelectric power plant in Matanzas, east of Havana, Cuba’s Energy Ministry said on X. The blackout came less than a ...
Live updates: Hotel Saratoga explosion in Havana, Cuba | CNN
May 7, 2022 — An explosion rocked the historic Hotel Saratoga in the center of Cuba’s capital of Havana, killing at least 22 people, Cuban officials say, and leaving more than 60 hospitalized for injuries.
Saratoga Hotel: 26 dead after huge explosion in Havana - BBC
May 7, 2022 — At least 26 people have died and more than 60 have been hospitalised after a massive explosion rocked one of Cuba's most exclusive five-star hotels. It is believed a gas tanker which was parked...