Cuba's power grid collapses again during restoration efforts after nationwide blackout

HAVANA, Aug 3 - Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed again on Monday as authorities struggled to restore power following a nationwide blackout late Sunday, state-run media reported, marking a fresh setback in the country's deepening energy crisis.

Blackouts affecting the entire island, home to about 10 million people, have become increasingly frequent in recent months.

Cuba's sixth nationwide power grid collapse of 2026 leaves residents in sweltering heat as the U.S. Embassy in Havana is warning American travelers headed there.

Only a fraction of Cuba's electrical grid was operating in the capital after the system suffered its sixth nationwide blackout of the year.

Cuba was hit by its fourth island-wide blackout in less than a month, as US energy restrictions and decrepit infrastructure continue to hammer the Caribbean nation.

CUBA’S national electricity grid collapsed on Sunday, plunging the entire island into a blackout.

Cuba’s energy grid collapsed late Sunday, the state-owned electricity utility announced on social media, plunging the Caribbean country into yet another nationwide blackout. Sunday’s blackout is the first of August, and comes after the island of 10-million people suffered three in July as the US continues imposing an o

The country has been suffering rolling power cuts due to aging equipment and a US energy embargo that halted regular deliveries of fuel for power stations.

The power cuts have made normal life almost impossible, with each outage also meaning that water supplies trickle away and ceiling fans slow to a halt.

Cuba's electricity grid has collapsed again after three nationwide blackouts in July. The power failure comes amid a US-imposed oil blockade on the communist island.

Cuba’s power grid failed on Sunday, causing another nationwide blackout, a state utility said in a social media post. As the lights suddenly turned off across Havana, residents who were sat outside to get some respite from the summer heat audibly groaned en masse. Cuba has been suffering rolling power cuts due to agein

Cuba faces yet another nationwide blackout as electrical grid collapses  CNN

Cuba's electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, the state-owned grid ​operator said, plunging the island of ‌about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent.

Cuba’s ageing power grid collapsed on Sunday after a weekend of outages and amid US-imposed fuel shortages.

Cuba's power grid failed Sunday, causing another nationwide blackout, a state utility said in a social media post

Outage follows three nationwide blackouts in July ‌and comes as a ​US-imposed oil ‌blockade ⁠cripples ⁠island's already aging energy ‌infrastructure

Cuba's national electricity grid collapses on Sunday  Reuters

Cuba's ​national ‌electricity grid ​collapsed ​late ⁠on ​Sunday, ​the state-owned ​national ​electric utility said ‌in ⁠an ​post ​on ⁠social ​media ​website ⁠X.

A major electrical fire at the Blue Hills Power Station triggered a complete loss of power across New Providence, marking the most significant in a series of island-wide Bahamas blackout events in 2026 that disrupted daily life and tourism activities.