/tags/power-outage power outage en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Tue, 26 May 2026 17:13:00 GMT /americas/2026-05-26/are-cubas-22-hour-blackouts-and-a-us-oil-blockade-unrelated-as-marco-rubio-said Blackouts in Cuba have been common for years because the Cuba government has mismanaged and neglected its energy system, historians and foreign policy experts said. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:13:00 GMT /americas/2026-05-26/are-cubas-22-hour-blackouts-and-a-us-oil-blockade-unrelated-as-marco-rubio-said Maria Briceño | PolitiFact, Samantha Putterman | PolitiFact /americas/2026-05-15/cubas-power-grid-collapses-and-plunges-eastern-provinces-into-a-major-blackout Cuba’s national energy grid has suffered a major failure, cutting power to the island’s eastern provinces. The outage Thursday comes amid a prolonged economic crisis, worsened by a U.S. energy blockade. Fri, 15 May 2026 13:57:37 GMT /americas/2026-05-15/cubas-power-grid-collapses-and-plunges-eastern-provinces-into-a-major-blackout Associated Press /americas/2026-05-06/a-solar-powered-charging-station-in-central-cuba-brings-life-to-a-darkened-island A free, solar-powered charging station, or "solinera" as it's known, has opened in Cuba's central region. It has become a lifeline for people on an island with chronic blackouts and a severe gas shortage stemming from a U.S. energy blockade. Wed, 06 May 2026 16:29:00 GMT /americas/2026-05-06/a-solar-powered-charging-station-in-central-cuba-brings-life-to-a-darkened-island Dánica Coto and Andrea Rodríguez | Associated Press /americas/2026-04-15/us-faces-demand-to-restore-350-million-in-federal-funding-to-help-power-puerto-rico Nearly 200 organizations are urging the Trump administration and Puerto Rico's governor to restore $350 million in federal funding that was meant to finance the installation of rooftop solar and battery systems for 12,000 low-income families across the U.S. territory. The organizations signed a letter released Wednesday that was sent to Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González and U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:06:00 GMT /americas/2026-04-15/us-faces-demand-to-restore-350-million-in-federal-funding-to-help-power-puerto-rico Danica Coto| Associated Press /americas/2026-03-25/politifact-fl-did-activists-cause-power-outage-and-patient-deaths-in-cuba The crisis in Cuba, driven by systemic mismanagement and intensified by a U.S. oil blockade, spurred a group of liberal activists to travel to the country. But some commentators and conservative politicians denounced the trip as performative and said the activists mocked the Cuban people by staying in luxury hotels and traveling in air conditioned buses. Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:37:00 GMT /americas/2026-03-25/politifact-fl-did-activists-cause-power-outage-and-patient-deaths-in-cuba Samantha Putterman | PolitiFact /americas/2024-10-20/cuba-suffers-second-power-outage-in-24-hours-realizing-years-of-warnings Government officials tried to reassure the public that power would be broadly restored over the weekend but acknowledged they could not be sure. Sun, 20 Oct 2024 17:21:39 GMT /americas/2024-10-20/cuba-suffers-second-power-outage-in-24-hours-realizing-years-of-warnings David C. Adams | The New York Times /hurricane-coverage/2024-10-09/the-latest-hurricane-milton-lands-near-siesta-key-florida-as-a-category-3-storm Hurricane Milton is bringing powerful winds, a storm surge and flooding to much of Florida after making landfall along the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 01:34:18 GMT /hurricane-coverage/2024-10-09/the-latest-hurricane-milton-lands-near-siesta-key-florida-as-a-category-3-storm The Associated Press /south-florida/2024-02-14/valentines-day-balloons-florida-keys-power-outages In recent years, balloon-related power outages have slowly increased across the lower Florida Keys. Here are some tips on how to help avoid the disruption - and to be safe. Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:41:34 GMT /south-florida/2024-02-14/valentines-day-balloons-florida-keys-power-outages Julia Cooper /florida-news/2023-03-22/judges-give-go-ahead-for-class-action-against-fpl-in-irma-outages An appeals court said Wednesday that Florida Power & Light can face a class-action lawsuit stemming from power outages in Hurricane Irma, which barreled up the state in 2017. Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:00:00 GMT /florida-news/2023-03-22/judges-give-go-ahead-for-class-action-against-fpl-in-irma-outages Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-03/rural-communities-across-florida-are-navigating-blanket-power-outages-after-hurricane-ian Rural areas — including Highlands, DeSoto and Hardee counties — have been hit especially hard, with nearly 100% of customers losing power. Mon, 03 Oct 2022 13:30:00 GMT /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-03/rural-communities-across-florida-are-navigating-blanket-power-outages-after-hurricane-ian Gabriella Paul