Hurricane Oscar

Cuba grid collapses again, hurricane heaps on misery

Cuba's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, the fourth such failure in 48 hours, with a hurricane making landfall to compound the island's misery and threaten further havoc on its decrepit infrastructure. Cuba earlier on Sunday had said it was making headway restoring service after multiple false starts, though millions of people remained without electricity more than two days after the grid's initial collapse. "Restoration work began immediately," the country's energy and mines m...

October 20, 2024 11:14 AM

Hurricane warning issued for Oscar in Cuba, Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands

Cuba issued a hurricane warning for its northern coast regarding Hurricane Oscar, which is forecast to make landfall in Cuba on Sunday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The warning was for the provinces of Holguin and Guantanamo, according to the latest NHC advisory. The government of the Bahamas has also issued a warning for Oscar, which formed east of the Turks and Caicos Islands, the NHC said in an earlier advisory on Saturday. A hurricane warning was also in effe...