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Hurricane Leaves 6 Dead In Cuba As Power Blackout Eases

ShareHurricane Oscar left six people dead after hitting Cuba over the weekend during a major power blackout, authorities said Monday, as electricity was restored to most of the capital. The lights went out for the Communist-run country’s 10 million people on Friday after the collapse of the nation’s largest power plant crippled the whole grid....The post Hurricane Leaves 6 Dead In Cuba As Power Blackout Eases appeared first on New Telegraph.

Hurricane Oscar left six people dead after hitting Cuba over the weekend during a major power blackout, authorities said Monday, as electricity was restored to most of the capital. The lights went out for the Communist-run country’s 10 million people on Friday after the collapse of the nation’s largest power plant crippled the whole grid. By Monday afternoon, nearly 90 percent of customers in Havana — home to some two million people — had power again, the capital’s electricity company said in a report published by staterun news portal Cubadebate, reports AFP.

“Of course I’m happy!” Olga Gomez, a 59-year-old housewife in Havana, said after the lights came back on..