Cuban authorities said they had begun restoring power to the eastern half of the island on Thursday, a day after Hurricane Rafael knocked out the country's electrical grid, leaving 10 million people in the dark.

Almost 100,000 people took shelter in Havana, 32,700 in Artemisa and 25,352 in Pinar ... the Antonio Guiteras power station in the province of Matanzas. As Hurricane Rafael slams into Cuba, the island’s power grid is knocked out once more On Thursday ...

Hurricane Rafael blew through western Cuba on Wednesday night ... At least 2 million people remain without electricity in the west, including the capital, Havana. Lázaro Guerra, electricity director for the Ministry of Energy and Mines, giving a televised ...