Many Cubans are waiting in anguish as electricity on much of the island has yet to be totally restored after days of blackout.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned Sunday that his government would not tolerate public disturbances during the nationwide power outage which the authorities are struggling to resolve.The island's 10 million people were spending their third night in the dark after the collapse on Friday of Cuba's largest power plant crippled the whole national grid.

Cuba says some electricity was restored on the island after one of the country's major power plants failed and left millions without electricity.View on euronews

HAVANA: Cubans expressed rage and disappointment in their government on Sunday (Oct 20), as they dealt with day three of a near-total nationwide power outage, with residents of the island nation running short on cash,

A new nationwide outage occurred Saturday morning, hours after officials said power was being slowly restored, threatening to plunge Cuba into a deeper crisis.

Many of Cuba’s power plants are outdated and inefficient; some have been in operation for over 50 years without proper maintenance. After the country’s grid collapsed when hurricane Ian hit in 2022, experts warned the government needed to urgently invest in modernizing the system.

After electricity was partially restored in Cuba following an island-wide blackout, the electrical grid collapsed a second time, causing widespread alarm. Journalist Ed Augustin told NBC News that while power is gradually being restored in some areas,

Cuba suffered a second nationwide blackout Saturday morning, hours after officials said power was being slowly restored. CNN’s Patrick Oppmann reports.

Cuba remained without electricity Saturday as a nationwide power outage dragged on for a second day. At dawn, most neighborhoods in Havana were dark, except for hotels and hospitals with emergency generators and the very few private homes with that kind of backup in this economically challenged island nation that has grown accustomed to periodic power outages.

Cubans experienced their second black out wave Saturday after government officials said they were working to restore electrical service to hospitals and crucial service centers after a grid failure on Friday.