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Cuba's electricity supply collapses leaving millions without power after hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian reached speeds of 120mph as it tore a path of destruction across Cuba, leaving the Caribbean island without power after the electric grid was destroyed

Daily Mirror

Cuba in the dark after hurricane knocks out power grid

Cuba remains in the dark after Hurricane Ian knocked out the 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

The Independent UK

Hurricane Ian leaves Cuba without any power

Ian struck the island with sustained winds of 125 mph.

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All of Cuba goes dark after Hurricane Ian ravages its fragile power grid

Hurricane Ian ripped through Cuba Tuesday and took out the island nation’s fragile power grid, leaving millions in the dark, just like Puerto Rico on Monday.

Miami Herald

Cuba left ‘entirely without power’ after Hurricane Ian strikes

The entirety of the island of Cuba has been left without power after it was stuck by Hurricane Ian - wrecking its electricty grid.

The Independent UK

Cuba entirely without power after Hurricane Ian

Cuba's electrical grid collapsed late on Tuesday, leaving the entire country without power shortly after the passage of Hurricane Ian, which ravaged the western end of the island with violent winds and flooding.

Reuters

‘Hours of terror’: Hurricane Ian’s passing causes massive floods, destroys homes in Cuba

A damaged hospital, destroyed homes, downed trees and power poles, and towns where residents wade through waist-deep water. Those are some of the images coming out of Cuba in the aftermath of the destruction left by Category 3 Hurricane Ian, which battered the island’s westernmost provinces Tuesday.

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Total blackout in Cuba after Hurricane Ian, storm strengthens as it heads to Florida

Forecasters say Hurricane Ian has become an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm as it approaches Florida’s west coast.

France 24

Hurricane Ian warning for Florida as 'major' storm with winds of 140mph to batter US

Officials ordered 2.5 million people to evacuate before it crashes ashore.

Manchester Evening News

Hurricane Ian upgraded to category 4 storm as it bears down on Florida

Electricity grid collapses in Cuba after hurricane passes through, as 2.5 million people in Florida ordered to evacuate

The Guardian - US

Cuba approves same-sex marriage in a referendum

Cubans have approved a sweeping "family law" code that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents, officials said.

WEKU

Hurricane Ian rips roofs off in Cuba as Disney World shuts its doors ahead of storm

The Category 3 hurricane was about five miles south of the city of Pinar Del Rio, with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said

Daily Mirror

Hurricane Ian’s first bands are lashing Florida ahead of west coast landfall as a Cat 3

MIAMI — Hurricane Ian strengthened overnight into a major storm before making landfall over western Cuba, and an eastern tilt is set to take it into Tampa Bay as a powerful Category 3 Thursday morning.

Miami Herald

Category 3 Ian batters western Cuba, leaves Pinar del Río province without power

Cuba’s westernmost province has been battered by Category 3 Hurricane Ian during the early hours of Tuesday, leaving destruction and uncertainty among the residents of small towns and the city of Pinar del Río.

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WEKU

Cuba remains in the dark after hurricane knocks out power grid

A million people are without electricity after Hurricane Ian struck western Cuba. It could head for Tampa and St. Petersburg next, the first direct hit on those cities in a century.

Daily Mirror

Hurricane Ian with 125mph gales barrelling towards US as residents prepare for impact

The storm is scheduled to become a Category 4 hurricane before battering Florida on Wednesday as locals are leaving supermarkets empty as they rush to stock up on essentials

Reuters

Cuba entirely without power after Hurricane Ian causes grid to collapse

Cuba's electrical grid collapsed late on Tuesday, local officials said, leaving the entire country in the dark shortly after Hurricane Ian plowed through the western end of the island leaving a path of destruction in its wake.

The Independent UK

CIA doctor investigating Havana syndrome was a victim of it himself: ‘I couldn’t believe it’

Injuries were first reported in 2016

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France 24

Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Cuba as Category 3 storm

A strengthening Hurricane Ian’s rain and winds lashed Cuba’s western tip, where authorities have evacuated 50,000 people, as it roared on a path that could see it hit Florida’s west coast as a Category 4 hurricane.

Axios

Ian, now a major hurricane, threatens Cuba and Florida

Ian strengthened into a Category 3 storm ahead of an expected landfall in Cuba.

The Independent UK

Hurricane Ian lashes Cuba, aims at Florida as possible Cat 4

A strengthening Hurricane Ian’s rain and winds are lashing Cuba’s western tip as it roared on a path that could see it hit Florida’s west coast as a Category 4 hurricane

Miami Herald

Cuba orders evacuation of 50,000 people in western province ahead of Hurricane Ian

Cuban authorities ordered the evacuation of 50,000 people in Pinar del Rio, the westernmost province on the island, which is expected to be hit by Hurricane Ian with heavy rains and winds above 100 mph late Monday and early Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Cuba votes to legalise same-sex marriage, surrogacy

HAVANA: Cubans voted to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption as well as surrogate pregnancies in a referendum over the weekend, the communist country's electoral officials said Monday.

Tribune News Service

Ian becomes hurricane, Tampa Bay still in its sights

TAMPA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Ian intensified overnight into a hurricane and has continued to get stronger throughout the day, according to the National Hurricane Center, and forecasters expect the storm will be a major hurricane by the end of the day or early Tuesday.

Miami Herald

Cubans said yes to same-sex marriage, but referendum results sent a message to the government

Six decades after Fidel Castro imprisoned gay men in forced labor camps and later sent them to Florida during the Mariel boatlift, Cuban same-sex couples will be able to marry and adopt children, after voters on the island ratified a new family code with 67% of the vote in a…

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