The entire island of Cuba suffered an electrical outage in the wake of Hurricane Ian Tuesday night. Crews will work through the night to restore power to 11 million people, the Electrical Union of Cuba said.
Authorities initially reported 1 million people without power. Later Tuesday, they said the entire island of 11 million was out.
“The SEN has an exceptional condition, 0 electricity generation , associated with the complex weather system,” the Ministry of Energy and Mines tweeted at 8:42 p.m., using the Spanish acronym for the national power grid.The Electrical Union of Cuba said crews would work through the night to restore power. Failures appeared in the western, central and eastern links.
“It’s a process that is going to take a while,” union chief Lázaro Guerra Hernández told state television. Yamilé Ramos Cordero, president of the Provincial Defense Council of Pinar del Río, confirmed at least two deaths from collapsing buildings. A woman in the Pinar del Río municipality of San Luis was killed when a wall fell in her home, he said. A man in a different municipality died when a roof collapsed.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz Canel visited Pinar del Río after the storm passed. “The damages are great, although they have not yet been accounted,” he tweeted. “Aid is already pouring in from all over the country.”. Los daños son grandes, aunque aún no se han podido contabilizar. Ya está saliendo ayuda de todo el país. Confiamos en los pinareños, pueblo noble, trabajador y con mucha experiencia en estas situaciones.
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