Nearly half of Cuba without power as blackouts deepen

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Nearly half of Cuba without power as blackouts deepen

By Reuters

October 5, 20241:14 AM GMT+10Updated 5 hours ago

 

Item 1 of 2 A man drinks water at his home during a power outage caused by breakdowns forcing six plants to go off-line on the grid, according to the state run power company, in Matanzas, Cuba August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo

[1/2]A man drinks water at his home during a power outage caused by breakdowns forcing six plants to go off-line on the grid, according to the state run power company, in Matanzas, Cuba August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

HAVANA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - More than half of Cuba was without power on Thursday evening as fuel shortages and broken-down power plants left the government with little choice but to black out a vast swath of the Caribbean island nation.

Cuba's National Electric Union reported it had run a deficit of nearly 1600 megawatts with a demand approaching 3,200 MW around supper time on Thursday, leaving millions without lights, fans and air conditioning as night fell.

 

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Nothing new here. Half of Cuba lives in the countryside and they've been having serious blackouts for years.

Havana and the surrounding areas are usually at a 30-90 min blackout in the afternoons.