Hurricane Rafael has knocked out Cuba’s electric service after hitting the island Wednesday as a Category 3 storm, blowing down trees and utility towers in an island nation still reeling from earlier storms and recent power failures.
In its latest report Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm is 320 kilometers west-northwest of Havana and it had weakened to a Category 2 storm, with maximum sustained winds of about 155 km per…

Se inician las operaciones de rescate y recuperación en Cuba tras paso del huracán Rafael

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HAVANA (AP) — Cuba was left reeling Thursday after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island and knocked out the country’s power grid. The magnitude of the impact remained unclear through the early hours of the day, but forecasters warned that Hurricane Rafael could bring “life-threatening” storm surges, winds and flash floods to […]

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Cuba left reeling after Category 3 hurricane ravages island and knocks out power grid

The hurricane center cautioned there is "larger-than-normal uncertainty regarding Rafael's intensity later in the forecast period."

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Hurricane Rafael knocks out power to Cuba; forecasters puzzled by path

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Rescue and recovery operations have begun in Cuba following Hurricane Rafael's passage through the western provinces of Pinar del Río, Artemisa, Mayabeque and Havana, according to Cuba's Civil Defense. The eye of the hurricane, which hit land on Wednesday on the southwestern coast of Cuba, has moved north in the Gulf of Mexico and left the island, Cubadebate reported on Thursday at first hour. Category 3 hurr…

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — Las operaciones de rescate y recuperación han comenzado en Cuba tras el paso del huracán Rafael por las provincias occidentales de Pinar del Río, Artemisa, Mayabeque y La Habana, según informó la Defensa Civil de Cuba. El ojo del huracán, que tocó tierra el miércoles en la costa suroeste de Cuba, se ha desplazado hacia el norte en el Golfo de México y abandonó la isla, informó el jueves a primera hora el medi…

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Forecasters warn Category 3 hurricane could bring ‘life-threatening’ storm surges amid widespread blackouts in Cuba

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Cuba left in total darkness as Hurricane Rafael knocks out power grid

Much of the city was dark and deserted after power cuts as huge waves lashed at Havana's shores.

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Cuba reels as Category 3 Hurricane Rafael knocks out power grid

By Andrea Rodriguez | Associated Press HAVANA — Cuba was left reeling Thursday after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island, knocking out the country’s power grid, downing trees and damaging infrastructure. No fatalities were immediately reported. Hurricane Rafael crossed a western portion of Cuba on Wednesday evening about 75 kilometers (45 miles) west of Havana, where José Ignacio Dimas returned home from his night shift as a s…

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Hurricane Rafael knocks out Cuba’s power

Cubans are having a bad sense of deja vu after the second major hurricane and islandwide power outage in two weeks. Read More The post Entire island of Cuba without power after passage of Hurricane Rafael appeared first on Drudge Report.

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Entire island of Cuba without power after passage of Hurricane Rafael

Another blackout in Cuba due to Hurricane Rafael. Thousands of people had been evacuated

Ancora blackout a Cuba per l'uragano Rafael. Migliaia di persone erano state fatte evacuare

Cuba, l’uragano Rafael mette di nuovo fuori uso la rete elettrica

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Cuba, hurricane Rafael knocks out the electricity grid again

Hurricane Rafael has turned to the west after lashing Cuba, where it knocked out the country’s electrical grid, leaving its 10 million residents in the dark.

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