Cuba experiences nationwide blackout after power plant failure

Dusk has become a particularly frenetic time in Havana, as Cuba prepared for a third night potentially without electricity after repeated failed attempts to restart the national grid.

Cuba's national electrical grid first crashed around midday on Friday after the island's largest power plant shut down.

Some neighborhoods had electricity restored in Cuba’s capital, where 2 million people live, but most of Havana remained dark.

The impact of the blackout goes beyond lighting, as services like water supply also depend on electricity to run pumps.