Havana, Oct 21, 2024 (AFP) - Storm Oscar hits eastern Cuba as island grapples with blackout

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2024-10-21

Tropical storm Oscar made landfall as a hurricane on Sunday evening in Cuba, where residents were preparing for more chaos and misery as the country grapples with a nearly nationwide power outage in its third day. The arrival of Oscar, after the Friday collapse of Cuba's largest power plant crippled the whole national grid, piles pressure on a country already battling sky-high inflation and shortages of food, medicine, fuel and water. Cuba's gov......

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