Foreshadowing what will eventually happen to Texas, the entire power grid on Cuba failed Friday afternoon, plunging the entire island and its 10 million residents into darkness, NBC News reports. Only 20,000 residences in Havana have had power restored; two million people live in the city.
The Cuban power grid had been notoriously bad for decades, with some power stations continuing to use Soviet-era technology to run. The Cuban government has long blamed US trade sanctions for its inability to get much-needed fuel and upgrades for the fluctuating power availability.