Cuba is without electricity for the fourth night

the Hurricane Oscar It has in eastern Cuba at least six Deaths and Serious damage Cause.

In the governorate Guantanamo He is Entire areas of land were flooded President Miguel Díaz-Canel said rescue workers could not reach the affected areas. According to the authorities at least 1,000 homes were damaged. In addition, the socialist-ruled Caribbean island with a population of about ten million remained largely in the dark for the fourth night in a row.

On Friday, Cuba's crumbling power grid completely collapsed. According to the president, one-third of the country's electricity supply has been restored so far. In the capital, Havana, electricity was restored to about 90 percent of connections.

Since the storm damage was added to the state of emergency, Diaz-Canel canceled his scheduled participation in the so-called BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan.

Oscar struck Cuba as a hurricane over the weekend and was downgraded to a weaker tropical storm as it moved across the helpless island. As a result of the storm, heavy rains continue to fall in eastern Cuba and southwestern Bahamas, according to the US Hurricane Center.