Almost 100,000 people took shelter in Havana, 32,700 in Artemisa and 25,352 in Pinar ... the Antonio Guiteras power station in the province of Matanzas. As Hurricane Rafael slams into Cuba, the island’s power grid is knocked out once more On Thursday ...

Cuban authorities struggled to return power to the island on Thursday morning after Hurricane Rafael knocked out the country`s electrical grid, leaving 10 million people in the dark.  The grid collapsed on Wednesday afternoon as Rafael tore across Cuba with top winds of 115 mph (185 kph),

Rafael was the second hurricane to hit the island in less ... Rolling blackouts lasting hours had become the norm across much of Cuba even before the two storms struck. Skies had brightened across Havana by late in the day on Thursday.