Cuba was without power nationwide for the second time in just weeks, as Hurricane Rafael made landfall on Wednesday afternoon.
Cuba was without power once again as strong winds from Hurricane Rafael disconnected the power across the island, the county's electric company said, weeks after another nationwide blackout. The Category 3 storm swirled past the Cayman Islands on its way toward western Cuba on Wednesday afternoon, making landfall in the province of Artemisa, just east of Playa Majana. The hurricane made landfall at 4:15 p.m. with maximum sustained winds near 115 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.
Various power installations in the country were damaged by Hurricane Ian leaving some homes without electricity for up to eight hours a day. The October blackout was considered to be Cuba's worst outage in two years and power authorities took days to restore power for about 2 million people. The U.S.
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