Cuba's efforts to restore power to the island were derailed for a third time late on Saturday, Cuban authorities said shortly before midnight, leaving millions in the dark and raising fresh questions over the viability of the government's bid to reestablish electrical service.

Millions of Cubans remain without electricity because of a prolonged outage at the main power plants on the island.

Cuba’s government reports it has made progress in re-establishing electrical service to parts of the island, which remains mostly shrouded in darkness. Parts of the capital Havana and some hospitals have had their electricity restored after the national grid collapsed twice in a span of 24 hours,

HAVANA (AP) — Millions of people in Cuba were left without electricity for two days after the nation's energy grid went down when of the island's major power plants failed. The widespread blackout that swept across the county was the worst in years.

Cuba’s government says some electricity has been restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and left millions without electricity for two days.

Cubans expressed alarm, with one resident saying it felt as if the country had reached the “bottom of the barrel.”

Many of Cuba’s power plants are outdated and inefficient; some have been in operation for over 50 years without proper maintenance. After the country’s grid collapsed when Hurricane Ian hit in 2022, experts warned the government needed to urgently invest in modernizing the system.

CubaDebate, one of the islands state-run media outlets, said Cuba`s grid operator, UNE, had reported at 6:15AM the "total disconnection of the national electro-energetic system." "The Electric Union is working on its reestablishment,