The Latest Breaking News from Cuba

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 · Sep 28, 2022

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 · Sep 28, 2022

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 · Sep 28, 2022

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 · Sep 27, 2022

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 · Sep 27, 2022

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 · Sep 27, 2022

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.

Miami Herald · Sep 27, 2022

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.

WEKU · Sep 27, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · Sep 27, 2022

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.

Reuters · Sep 27, 2022