Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in Cuba amid ongoing power issues

Millions of people are still without power, with food rotting in fridges and no water supply in many homes.

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On Friday, the island's main energy plant failed and knocked out electricity for 10 million people. Supply was partially restored on Saturday, before collapsing again.

Energy and Mining Minister Vicente de la O Levy said power would be restored for most by Monday night, while "the last customer may receive service by Tuesday".

The category 1 hurricane made landfall near the city of Baracoa at 17:50 local time (21:50 GMT), where waves reaching up to 13ft (four meters) high hit the seafront.

A few hours after landfall, Oscar weakened into a tropical storm, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).

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