Cuba has suffered another blackout that temporarily knocked out power to the western side of the Caribbean island, a region that includes the capital Havana.

The country’s Ministry of Energy and Mines announced on Wednesday that the blackout began around 5am local time (10:00 GMT). It then declared all systems restored at around 1:26pm (18:26 GMT).

For hours, millions of residents remained in the dark as the government worked to restore power to an area that spans from the westernmost province of Pinar del Rio to Mayabeque, just east of Havana.

Throughout the morning, officials sought to reassure the public that electricity would soon be restored.

“Following the power outage in western Cuba, the workers at [the Ministry of Energy and Mines] immediately began restoration efforts, whic

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