A Turkish-flagged power barge is docked as the country's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, according to Cuba's energy and mines ministry, in the latest setback to the government's efforts to restore power to the island, in Havana, Cuba October 17, 2024.

Cuba's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, the fourth such failure in 48 hours, with a hurricane making landfall to compound the island's misery and threaten further havoc on its decrepit infrastructure.

Cuba said it was making headway restoring power on Sunday after multiple false starts, though millions of people remain without electricity more than two days after the grid's initial collapse. The clock was ticking as Hurricane Oscar bore down on the Caribbean island on Sunday,

After electricity was partially restored in Cuba following an island-wide blackout, the electrical grid collapsed a second time, causing widespread alarm. Journalist Ed Augustin told NBC News that while power is gradually being restored in some areas,

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned Sunday that his government would not tolerate public disturbances during the nationwide power outage which the authorities are struggling to resolve.The island's 10 million people were spending their third night in the dark after the collapse on Friday of Cuba's largest power plant crippled the whole national grid.