Cuba’s power grid collapsed Friday night, triggering a nationwide power outage and plunging its more than 10 million people into darkness.

Cuba suffered a general blackout on Friday caused by a crash of its national electricity grid, officials said, the fourth major power outage on the cash-strapped communist island in five

Havana’s streets plunged into darkness once again as a general blackout hit Cuba. Writing on the social network X, Cuban PM Manuel Marrero Cruz said the government was "working tirelessly" to restore power.