Millions of people in Cuba remained without power Saturday after a failure of the nation's electric grid left the island in the dark the previous night. The massive blackout is the fourth in the last six months as a severe economic crisis plagues the Caribbean country.

Cuba’s national power grid has collapsed once again, leaving millions of people without electricity. The grid failed on Friday evening about 8:15pm (00:15 GMT) after a breakdown at Diezmero substation in the capital,

Most Cubans were without power for a second day Saturday, but as in the three earlier major outages of the past half year, they are adjusting -- with resignation. Two outages in the final quarter of 2024 lasted several days,

Cuba’s power grid collapsed Friday night, triggering a nationwide power outage and plunging its more than 10 million people into darkness.

Cuba remained largely without power on Saturday morning after the island´s grid collapsed the night before, knocking out electricity for 10 million people and raising fresh questions about the viability of its antiquated generating system.

Experts have attributed recent blackouts in Cuba primarily to fuel shortages, aging infrastructure and economic sanctions. Outside of Havana, many Cubans have experienced rolling blackouts for weeks.Millions of people in Cuba remained without power for a second night in a row on Saturday as the island nation dealt with a major power outage.

The collapse follows nationwide blackouts last year that plunged Cuba's frail power-generating system into disarray.