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Cuba entirely without power after Hurricane Ian causes grid to collapse

Cuba's electrical grid collapsed late on Tuesday, local officials said, leaving the entire country in the dark shortly after Hurricane Ian plowed through the western end of the island leaving a path of destruction in its wake.

Reuters

CIA doctor investigating Havana syndrome was a victim of it himself: ‘I couldn’t believe it’

Injuries were first reported in 2016

The Independent UK

Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Cuba as Category 3 storm

A strengthening Hurricane Ian’s rain and winds lashed Cuba’s western tip, where authorities have evacuated 50,000 people, as it roared on a path that could see it hit Florida’s west coast as a Category 4 hurricane.

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Ian, now a major hurricane, threatens Cuba and Florida

Ian strengthened into a Category 3 storm ahead of an expected landfall in Cuba.

Axios

Hurricane Ian lashes Cuba, aims at Florida as possible Cat 4

A strengthening Hurricane Ian’s rain and winds are lashing Cuba’s western tip as it roared on a path that could see it hit Florida’s west coast as a Category 4 hurricane

The Independent UK

Cuba orders evacuation of 50,000 people in western province ahead of Hurricane Ian

Cuban authorities ordered the evacuation of 50,000 people in Pinar del Rio, the westernmost province on the island, which is expected to be hit by Hurricane Ian with heavy rains and winds above 100 mph late Monday and early Tuesday.

Miami Herald

Cuba votes to legalise same-sex marriage, surrogacy

HAVANA: Cubans voted to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption as well as surrogate pregnancies in a referendum over the weekend, the communist country's electoral officials said Monday.

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Ian becomes hurricane, Tampa Bay still in its sights

TAMPA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Ian intensified overnight into a hurricane and has continued to get stronger throughout the day, according to the National Hurricane Center, and forecasters expect the storm will be a major hurricane by the end of the day or early Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Cubans said yes to same-sex marriage, but referendum results sent a message to the government

Six decades after Fidel Castro imprisoned gay men in forced labor camps and later sent them to Florida during the Mariel boatlift, Cuban same-sex couples will be able to marry and adopt children, after voters on the island ratified a new family code with 67% of the vote in a…

Miami Herald

Florida under watches and warnings as Hurricane Ian now a Category 2 and strengthening

MIAMI — A large swath of Florida’s Gulf Coast is under hurricane and storm surge watches and warnings Monday from Category 2 Hurricane Ian, which whipped up overnight and is expected to turn into a major storm as it heads toward a potential first landfall in western Cuba.

Miami Herald

Ian becomes hurricane, Tampa Bay still in its sights

TAMPA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Ian intensified overnight into a hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center, and forecasters expect the storm will be a major hurricane by the end of the day.

Tribune News Service

Hurricane Ian begins to lash Cuba with heavy winds, rain

The first strong winds ahead of Hurricane Ian began to pound Cuba's south coast late on Monday as officials rushed to evacuate residents, secure boats and batten down homes amid warnings of a life threatening storm surge.

Reuters

Ian becomes hurricane, Tampa Bay still in its sights

Tribune News Service

Cuba approves same-sex marriage in unusual referndum

Cuban voters have approved a sweeping “family law” code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents

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Cuba evacuates as Tropical Storm Ian heads towards Florida with hurricane fears

Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in Pinar del Rio province and said they will begin evacuations as Tropical Storm Ian was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane.

WEKU

Storm Ian strengthens into a hurricane as it heads towards Cuba and Florida

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Ian has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves closer to Cuba on a track expected to hit Florida in the coming days. Authorities in Cuba are planning evacuations.

The Independent UK

Cuba prepares evacuations as strengthening TS Ian nears

Authorities in Cuba have suspended classes in Pinar del Rio province and say they will begin evacuations Monday as Tropical Storm Ian is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before reaching the western part of the island on its way to Florida

Reuters

Tropical Storm Ian to pound Cuba as it becomes a major hurricane

Tropical Storm Ian hurtled toward western Cuba on Sunday, prompting the government to evacuate tourists amid expectations of life-threatening storm surges as it turns into a hurricane on Monday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Miami Herald

Tropical Storm Ian primed to power up, hit Florida as hurricane

MIAMI — On Sunday morning, Tropical Storm Ian remained on track for a potential landfall somewhere along the Florida Gulf coast later this week — with the Big Bend area in the center of a forecast track that could still change.

Miami Herald

Even as storm Ian approaches, Cuba focuses on controversial referendum on gay marriage

Cuba, which is holding a high-stakes, islandwide referendum on gay marriage and other family rights on Sunday, has downplayed preparations as Tropical Storm Ian approaches, even as projections for the storm have it hitting the western tip of the island as a major Category 3 hurricane Monday night into Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Cuba holds unusual vote on law allowing same-sex marriage

Cuba is holding a rare referendum on an unusually contentious law — a government-backed code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt

Tribune News Service

Forecasters say Ian will become hurricane Sunday, strengthen to at least a Category 3

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Ian is expected to become a hurricane Sunday, and then grow into the season’s second major hurricane by midweek.

Tribune News Service

Tropical Storm Ian continues to grow in approach to Cuba; watch issued for Keys as Florida braces for major hurricane

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tropical Storm Ian continued to intensify as it approached Cuba late Sunday while a tropical storm watch went into effect for the lower Keys

Tribune News Service

DeSantis urges all Floridians to prepare for Ian

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida remains out of the current tracks for a direct hit from Tropical Storm Ian, but all Floridians should prepare for a major storm, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday.

Reuters

Cubans head to polls to vote on govt-sponsored code to legalize gay marriage, adoption

Cubans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote on a package of measures that would upend the island's long-held "machista" culture and legalize gay marriage even as the country wrestles with a deepening economic crisis.

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