Tropical Storm Oscar advanced across eastern Cuba early Monday after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane.
HAVANA — Tropical Storm Oscar advanced across eastern Cuba early Monday after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the island already beleaguered by a massive power outage.Its maximum sustained winds were blowing at 60 mph early Monday as Oscar moved west-southwest at 5 mph , the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
Cuba suffered an islandwide power blackout Friday. Some electrical service was restored Saturday, but most residents remain without power. The country's energy minister expressed hope the grid could be restored Monday or Tuesday.By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and MILEXSY DURAN Associated Press But he said that Oscar, which made landfall on the eastern coast Sunday evening, will bring "an additional inconvenience" to Cuba's recovery since it will touch a "region of strong generation." Key Cuban power plants, such as Felton in the city of Holguín, and Renté in Santiago de Cuba, are located in the area.
In tears, Ylenis de la Caridad Napoles, mother of a 7-year-old girl, says she is reaching a point of "desperation."
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