Strong quake rocks eastern Cuba, damaging buildings, infrastructure
Havana, Cuba Reuters An earthquake rocked eastern Cuba on Sunday, shaking buildings in Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second-largest city, and the surrounding countryside. The quake, which the US Geological Survey listed as magnitude 6.8, struck Cuba’s southeastern coast in Granma province near the municipality of Bartolome Maso, where former Cuban leader Fidel Castro had […]
Cuba slowly restores power after hurricane, Havana still dark
Artemisa, Cuba Reuters Cuban authorities said they had begun restoring power to the eastern half of the island on Thursday, a day after Hurricane Rafael knocked out the country’s electrical grid, leaving 10 million people in the dark. The grid collapsed on Wednesday as Rafael tore across Cuba with top winds of more than 185 […]
Hurricane Rafael lashes Cuba with life-threatening winds, rain
Havana, Cuba Reuters Hurricane Rafael began lashing Cuba’s south shore as a Category 3 cyclone shortly after noon on Wednesday, the US National Hurricane Center said, packing sustained winds of 185 kph and forcing widespread evacuations of tourists and residents. The hurricane was located about 135 kilometres south of Cuba’s capital Havana at 1pm, and […]