Cuba remains in the dark after hurricane knocks out power grid

Fallen utility poles and fallen branches line a street after Hurricane Ian hit Pinar del Rio, Cuba, on Tuesday. Ian made landfall at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday in Cuba's Pinar del Rio province. (Ramon Espinosa/AP)

HAVANA — Cuba remained in the dark early Wednesday after Hurricane Ian knocked out its power grid and devastated some of the country's most important tobacco farms when it hit the island's western tip as a major storm.

Authorities were working overnight to gradually restore service to the country's 11 million people, according to a statement from Cuba's Electric Union. Power was initially knocked out to about 1 million people in Cuba's western provinces, but later the entire grid collapsed.