Power outages leave millions in Cuba in the dark amid electrical grid failures: Photos
Photos emerging from Cuba n show not only the unrest, but residents continuing to lives their lives even amid the indefinite power outages.
Cuba has been plunged into darkness for days amid a series of electrical grid failures.
Since one of the Caribbean island's major power plants failed Friday, the grid has collapsed three more times, the most recent of which came Sunday as a tropical storm making landfall threatened to hamper efforts to restore power. As a result, the widespread blackout has sparked some small protests, shut down commerce and forced officials to cancel school and all non-vital government services at least through Wednesday.
As many as 10 million people were left without power when the Antonio Guiteras power plant, the country's largest and most efficient, first went offline Friday. In the capital Havana, which was entirely without power Sunday evening, Reuters reporters observed only scattered businesses, bars and homes running on small fuel-fired generators.
Photos emerging from the nation show not only the unrest, but residents continuing to live their lives even amid the dark and the uncertainty of when the power will come back on.
Here's a look:
Photos amid Cuba's power grid collapse
Contributing: Reuters
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