The government has not said what percentage of the Cuban population remains without electricity, but electrical authorities said only 10% of Havana's 2 million people had power Thursday.
The government has not said what percentage of the population remains without electricity, but electrical authorities said only 10% of Havana's 2 million people had power Thursday.
Electricity returned in some parts of Cuba on Wednesday, while it came on then shut off again in other parts. Experts said the total blackout showed the vulnerability of Cuba's power grid. A half-dozen Havana residents interviewed by The Associated Press on Thursday were tense because of the lack of electricity, which has also left them without water since electric motors power the pumps that bring water to their taps.
Calls by AP to a dozen people in Cuba's main cities — Holguín, Guantánamo, Matanzas, Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey and Santiago — found similar problems to Havana, with most reporting their neighborhoods were still without electricity.ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images Being interconnected"is the perfect analogy for the domino effect in which you knock down a domino and hit all the others in a chain reaction," he said.
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