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Satellites do not have the capability to directly measure wind speeds, so they make estimates based upon other observable variables, using instruments such as a scatterometer. Yes, that’s a real word. By these indirect estimates, Oscar had sustained winds between 48 mph and 63 mph (77 kph to 101 kph), which remains well below the […]
Cuba’s efforts to restore power to the island were derailed for a third time late on Saturday, Cuban authorities said shortly before midnight, leaving millions in the dark and raising fresh questions over the viability of the government’s bid to re-establish electrical service. Cuba’s national electrical grid first crashed around midday on Friday after the […]
Cuba’s efforts to restore power to the island were derailed for a third time late on Saturday, authorities said shortly before midnight, leaving millions in the dark and raising fresh questions over the viability of the government’s bid to re-establish electrical services. Cuba’s national electrical grid first crashed around midday on Friday after the island’s […]
A La Havane, des habitants préparent le repas avec des éclairages et des installations de fortune, samedi 19 octobre 2024. RAMON ESPINOSA / AP L’ouragan baptisé « Oscar » doit frapper dans les prochaines heures l’île de Cuba, risquant d’affecter davantage la population qui a passé une nuit supplémentaire sans électricité, du samedi 19 au dimanche 20 octobre, en raison d’une panne […]
Fidel Castro once called Cuba’s power plants “prehistoric.” But the country still relies on them, contributing to the longest blackout since the collapse of its former patron, the Soviet Union. Source link
Cuba’s government said on Saturday it had made some progress in gradually re-establishing electrical service across the island, including to hospitals and parts of the capital, Havana, after state-run media earlier reported the national grid had collapsed for a second time in 24 hours. Most of Cuba’s 10 million people, however, remained without electricity on […]
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government on Saturday said that some electricity was restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and left millions without electricity for two days. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said the country had 500 megawatts in its electrical grid early Saturday, as compared to […]
By Dave Sherwood and Marianna Parraga HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba restored a trickle of power to its grid by mid-evening on Friday, officials said, hours after the island plunged into a countrywide blackout following the collapse of one of its major power plants. The vast majority of the country’s 10 million residents were still in the […]
Havana: Cuba was plunged into a nationwide blackout on Friday after the island’s biggest power plant failed, the energy ministry said, coming on the heels of weeks of extended outages across the economically devastated country. “The system was left without power nationwide” after the unexpected shutdown of the Antonio Guiteras power plant, Lazaro Guerra, director […]
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s electrical grid went down Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed, a day after a massive blackout swept across the Caribbean island and with no official estimate for when service will be restored. The Cuban energy ministry announced that the grid had gone down hours after the Antonio […]