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A major storm swept across the northwest US, battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least two people. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday and hurricane-force wind warnings were in effect as the strongest atmospheric river — a large plume […]
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 […]