Cuba's national grid collapsed on Friday night, causing widespread blackouts in Havana and across the island, leaving millions without power.
Officials said an electrical substation failure in Havana at 8.15pm cut power to much of western Cuba.
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Officials said an electrical substation failure in Havana at 8.15pm cut power to much of western Cuba.
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00:00Cuba's national grid collapsed Friday night, causing widespread blackouts in Havana and
00:07across the island, leaving millions without power.
00:11Officials said an electrical substation failure in Havana at 8.15pm cut power to much of western
00:18Cuba.
00:19The lights were out across the capital, with only a scattered few tourist hotels operating
00:23on fuel-fired generators.
00:44The grid failure follows last year's nationwide blackouts, exposing Cuba's aging power system
00:50strained by fuel shortages, disasters and economic crisis.
00:54Months of rolling blackouts, coupled with severe shortages of essentials, have driven
00:59many Cubans to flee in record numbers.