Cuba's power-grid operator said it had restored electricity to most of the capital Havana on Monday even as Tropical Storm Oscar lashed the island's eastern end, downing trees and power lines. Strong winds raked the region as the storm stalled over land,

Cuba's power grid has ground to a halt for a second time in as many days, leaving 10 million on the island without power and the Caribbean island in a growing sense of crisis.

The island nation of Cuba is facing a double whammy of crisis, with a widespread power outage hitting the country just days before Hurricane Idalia made landfall. The blackout, the latest in a series of crippling disruptions,