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Hurricane Oscar causes at least 6 deaths in Cuba

Cuba keeps schools closed, workers home during recovery from power failure, hurricane

Cuba said on Wednesday it would keep schools closed and non-essential workers home through Sunday as the crisis-racked Caribbean island nation struggled to recover from the collapse of its power grid last Friday and Hurricane Oscar this week.

Miami Herald on MSN · 1d

5-year-old boy is among the six dead left by Hurricane Oscar in Cuba amid power outage

A five-year-old boy and his mother, along with a 92-year-old man, are among the six people dead after Hurricane Oscar hit the coastal city of Baracoa and nearby areas in the eastern province of Guantánamo in Cuba as a Category 1 storm on Sunday, bringing heavy rains and flash flooding in a region that has been without electricity since Friday.

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Cuba: Hurricane Oscar causes havoc amid massive power outage in Havana

Cuba's capital is facing massive blackouts and protests after Hurricane Oscar left six dead and worsened the nation's energy crisis, causing widespread unrest.View on euronews

Crews in Cuba slow to restore power

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Cuba grid collapses again, hurricane heaps on misery

Cuba's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, the fourth such failure in 48 hours, with a hurricane making landfall to compound the island's misery and threaten further havoc on its decrepit infrastructure.

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Cuba’s power grid collapse reveals the depth of the country’s economic crisis

Cuba’s five thermoelectric power plants are obsolete and crumbling. And with oil products accounting for over 80% of power generation, the island depends on Venezuela for fuel shipments. But shipments have been cut in half this year as Venezuela struggles to ensure its own supply,

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Crews in Cuba slow to restore power after grid collapse Friday

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Cuba extends order to halt its economy; hurricane victims’ desperation comes to light

The National Defense Council issued the order, which affects all institutions, including schools and industries, as ...

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Oscar weakens to tropical storm as it lashes Cuba after making landfall in the Bahamas as a hurricane

Oscar, which the National Hurricane Center characterized as "very small," is the 15th named storm of the hurricane season.

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A Nationwide Blackout, Now a Hurricane. How Much Can Cuba Endure?

The repeated failure of the power grid and a hurricane that has swamped the island’s eastern end has many Cubans fed up, ...

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Tropical Storm Oscar swirls toward the Bahamas after hitting Cuba as a hurricane

Tropical Storm Oscar chugged toward the Bahamas on Tuesday after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing ...

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Hurricane Oscar left six people dead in Cuba while the country struggles with power outage

Following three days of nationwide blackouts caused by the collapse of Cuba’s electrical system, power was restored to most ...

Hurricane Oscar to hit Cuba as a Cat 1 storm before turning away from Gulf, forecasters say

The NHC's latest forecast tracks shows Oscar hitting the northern coast of Guantanamo as a Category 1 hurricane Sunday ...

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Tropical Storm Oscar larger as it brings heavy rain to Cuba. Will Florida feel any impacts?

Oscar is expected to bring 7 to 14 inches of rain to Cuba, with isolated amounts up to 20 inches. The southeastern Bahamas could see 3 to 5 inches.

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