HAVANA — Cuba's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday (Oct 20), the fourth such failure in 48 hours, with a hurricane making landfall to compound the island's misery and threaten further havoc on its decrepit infrastructure.

Cuba earlier on Sunday had said it was making headway restoring service after multiple false starts, though millions of people remained without electricity more than two days after the grid's initial collapse.

"Restoration work began immediately," the country's energy and mines ministry said on X.

Hurricane Oscarmade landfall on the Caribbean island on Sunday, bringing strong winds, a powerful storm surge and rain to parts of eastern Cuba and threatening to further complicate the government's efforts to reestablish service.

Cuba's meteorological survey warned of "an extremely dangerous situation" in eastern Cuba, while the US National Hurricane Centre reported winds of 120kmh as the storm made its way across the island.

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