Cuba's national electric grid collapses, plunging island into darkness

FILE PHOTO: Cuba's national electric grid collapses for the third time in July

Aug 2 (Reuters) - Cuba's national electricity grid ‌collapsed late on ‌Sunday, the state-owned national ​electric utility said, plunging the island of about 10 million people ‌into ⁠darkness as blackouts are becoming ever ⁠more frequent.

The Union Electrica de Cuba ​did not ​provide ​any further ‌details in its posts on social media websites X and Facebook.

The outage follows three ‌nationwide blackouts ​in July ​and ​comes as a ‌U.S.-imposed oil blockade ​has ​crippled the island's already aging energy ​infrastructure.

(Reporting ‌by Ananya Palyekar in ​Bengaluru; Editing by ​Christian Schmollinger)