Cuban officials said they had begun to restore some power Wednesday after Hurricane Ian knocked out electricity to the entire island while devastating some of the country s most important tobacco farms when it hit the island s western tip as a major storm.
Cuban authorities are working to restore power to the country's population of 11 million. Hurricane Ian is expected to get even stronger as it moves towards Florida.
(Update 1: Adds collapse of electricity grid, changes dateline, lede and headline) Havana/Pinar del Rio, Sep 27 (EFE).- Cuba was left completely without electricity on Tuesday night after Hurricane Ian wrought extensive material damage in the country, bringing heavy rain and strong winds on its passage north toward Florida. The “National Electric System has an …
HAVANA — Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane Tuesday and left 1 million people without electricity, then churned on a collision course with Florida over warm Gulf waters amid expectations it would strengthen into a catastrophic Category 4 storm. Ian made landfall in Cuba’s Pinar del
Hurricane Ian ravaged western Cuba on Tuesday without causing any casualties but leaving behind countless scenes of desolation, before heading for Florida, where residents and authorities were…