Hurricane Rafael made landfall in Cuba on Wednesday as a powerful Category 3 hurricane, resulting in a nationwide blackout and forcing the cancellation of flights. The storm was located 40 miles (65 ...
7, 2024. Hurricane Rafael knocked out power to all of Cuba on Wednesday while it slammed through the cash-strapped island, which was still reeling from a recent blackout and a previous deadly storm.
The island's electricity plants had already suffered a series of outages, even before forecasters warned that a "life-threatening" storm was about to strike.