Cuba begins restoring power after nationwide grid collapse

Cuba began to slowly restore power on Monday after the country’s national electric ​grid collapsed earlier in the day, Reuters writes.

This was the latest blow to an island already suffering ‌from severe energy, fuel and medicine shortages.

Officials ​have not yet said what caused the grid to collapse.

Cuba has for months suffered from ​hours-long and, more recently, days-long power outages linked in part to a decrepit ⁠grid and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade that has cut off the island’s fuel supply.