Cuba's national electric grid collapses, reason unknown

Cuba's national electric grid collapsed ​on Monday at midday, the country's ‌grid operator said, leaving around 10 million people on the Caribbean island without ​power, Report informs via Reuters.

Grid operator UNE said it ​was investigating the cause of the ⁠nationwide blackout.

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

The ​nationwide outage is more bad news for Cubans ‌already ⁠exhausted from rolling blackouts that make it impossible for many to work or sleep in the Caribbean summer ​heat.