Cuba Left Without Electricity After Hit From Hurricane Rafael

CUBA – 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, damaging homes, uprooting trees and toppling telephone poles.

Rafael was the latest blow to the communist-run country’s already precarious electrical grid, which just two weeks ago collapsed multiple times, leaving many in the country without power for days.