🚨#UPDATE: This leaves nearly 10 million people without power in Cuba as the country’s national electric grid has collapsed
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) March 16, 2026
Cuba’s electrical grid suffered a total collapse across the entire island on Monday, the country’s power operator said, marking the latest nationwide blackout in recent years, and the first since the US effectively shut off the flow of oil to the island of roughly 10 million people.
Efforts are underway to restore power across the country, the state-owned operator said, adding that no faults were detected in the electrical units operating at the time the grid collapsed.
Nationwide power outages have been reported frequently over the past few years. Cuban officials have previously attributed them to US economic sanctions, though critics have also faulted a lack of investment in the island’s ailing generation system.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cuba-power-grid-collapses-weeks-203722881.html
h/t jlee2027