Officials say efforts to assess damage are under way after 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Cuba.
Cubans are having a bad sense of deja vu after the second major hurricane and islandwide power outage in two weeks.
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Rafael is the fifth major hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends at the end of November.
Hurricane Rafael slams into southwest Cuba as a Category 3 storm, with 115 mph winds knocking out electricity.
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Rafael, now a major Category 3 hurricane, triggered an island-wide power blackout as it nears Cuba.
Tropical Storm Rafael is set to become a hurricane near the Cayman Islands on Tuesday night before reaching Cuba.
If it forms, Rafael would be the 11th hurricane of the 2024 season and could strike western Cuba as a Category 1 storm.
The energy-saving measures come as government struggles to restore grid and surveys hurricane that killed seven.
Cuban authorities say they are working to re-establish power access after days of blackouts across the island.
Oscar is expected to bring heavy rains and storm surge to eastern Cuba, where millions remain without electricity.
The faltering energy grid has left the island’s 10 million residents without power, fuelling public discontent.
The island was hit by a nationwide blackout on Friday, but prime minister says country ‘not yet in a bottomless abyss’.
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