Cubans sleep on Havana's seaside boulevard to seek relief from crippling blackouts and summer heat | PBS News

Sunday night marked the sixth islandwide blackout since Trump administration effectively cut Cuba off from oil — its main energy source — in January. The move plunged the endemically crisis-stricken country into free-fall. While authorities on Monday said they were working to get the power back on, much of the island still had no electricity...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/cubans-seek-relief-from-crippling-blackouts-and-summer-heat

 

Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace

Conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worse, commentators say…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/06/blackouts-hyperinflation-dissent-iran-considers-perilous-prospect-of-peace

 

'California and Texas are warnings': blackouts show US deeply unprepared for the climate crisis | Climate change | The Guardian

"In both cases, you had an extreme climate or weather event. And in both cases, the states were not prepared."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/19/power-outages-texas-california-climate-crisis