Cuba had restored power to nearly 20% of the capital Havana by late on Friday afternoon, the government said, two days after hurricane Rafael struck the island and collapsed the country's electrical grid,

The storm has damaged Cuba's already struggling electrical infrastructure, leading to widespread power outages.

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.

Rafael was moving west across the Gulf of Mexico Friday morning as the first major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico in November for almost 40 years, bringing the threat of life-threatening conditions to the southern United States coastline.

Power was restored to parts of Cuba on Thursday a day after Hurricane Rafael swept over the island, leaving its 10 million inhabitants without electricity for the second time in

Hurricane Rafael’s strong winds knocked down Cuba’s entire electrical grid, ripped off roofs, uprooted trees and downed a baseball stadium light tower as it crossed over western Cuba on Wednesday afternoon.

It happened while you were sleeping. Here is what the world's agencies reported overnight from Friday to Saturday: Thousands of homes in Cuba were damaged as Hurricane Rafael passed over the island — reported the administration of Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Friday.