Friday, October 18, 2024

Cuba faces island-wide blackout after power plant failure




Workers remain outside a closed factory in Matanzas, Cuba, on Oct. 18, 2024, during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure. Technical breakdowns, fuel shortages and high demand have caused the country's thermoelectric power plants to constantly fail, forcing the government to declare an energy emergency and take measures such as closing schools and factories.
A woman works in a restaurant during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, on Oct. 17, 2024.
People line up to fill their liquefied gas tanks -in permanent shortage- in Matanzas, Cuba, on Oct. 18, 2024, during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure. Technical breakdowns, fuel shortages and high demand have caused the country's thermoelectric power plants to constantly fail, forcing the government to declare an energy emergency and take measures such as closing schools and factories.
Images of late Cuban President Fidel Castro and late rebel hero Camilo Cienfuegos are displayed inside a restaurant during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, on Oct. 17, 2024.
A boy dives in the water as he spends a day out after classes were cancelled due to the lack of electricity, in Matanzas, Cuba, on Oct. 18, 2024, during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure. Technical breakdowns, fuel shortages and high demand have caused the country's thermoelectric power plants to constantly fail, forcing the government to declare an energy emergency and take measures such as closing schools and factories.
Reina Carriera, 57, waits for the electricity to return on Oct. 17, 2024 in Havana during an island-wide blackout in Cuba so she can use her sewing machine.
A woman visits a nail salon in Havana as Cuba is hit by an island-wide blackout on Oct. 18, 2024.
Children play in the street after classes were canceled due to a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure in Matanzas, Cuba, on Oct. 18, 2024. Technical breakdowns, fuel shortages and high demand have caused the country's thermoelectric power plants to constantly fail, forcing the government to declare an energy emergency and take measures such as closing schools and factories.
A man covers his discharged electric motorcycle in Matanzas, Cuba, on Oct. 18, 2024, during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure. Technical breakdowns, fuel shortages and high demand have caused the country's thermoelectric power plants to constantly fail, forcing the government to declare an energy emergency and take measures such as closing schools and factories.
People wait for transportation at a bus station in Matanzas, Cuba, on Oct. 18, 2024, during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure. Technical breakdowns, fuel shortages and high demand have caused the country's thermoelectric power plants to constantly fail, forcing the government to declare an energy emergency and take measures such as closing schools and factories.
People gather outside in Havana on Oct. 18, 2024 as Cuba is hit by an island-wide blackout.https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/world/2024/10/18/cuba-suffers-blackout-after-power-plant-failure/75738911007/?&ad=dirN&prod=DS&cmpgn=aug24&annot=false&sameTabLaunch=false&o=APN12174&installSource=nag&ctype=web&browser=Chrome&darkMode=false&lang=iso%3Acan&ueid=8C220AF9-776B-4B5C-875E-ECFB6970485D&doi=2024-10-13

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