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Officials are hoping power will be resorted in the coming day, but admits itll be sometime before the fourth set of the damage from hurricane and is known. i met in havanas cnn patrick oppmann. >> cuba and its 11 million inhabitants are currently in a nationwide blackout. officials said late tuesday night. after a hurricane ian battered this islands according to officials, it damaged the islands electrical system, to a degree, that it led to rolling blackouts, across this island. even in central...

Being fires and people from being electrocuted from a foreign power lines. but clearly, as of late tuesday night, officials are unable to restore power to cubas capital and to the rest of the island. this is extremely problematic for cuban officials, because for months now, these islands aging power grid has been affected by blackouts. sometimes for days and thats has led to, that is led to residents of many cuban cities, and towns, taking to the streets, and where and what can consider it to be...

Considered to be illegal protest. demanding power be restored. cuban officials ask for peoples patience and said they hope to restore power, but acknowledged that the electrical situation on the island is, quote, located. patrick oppmann, cnn, havana. just ahead for us, cnn visits account libiberated by t ukrainian military. . we will show you what russian n forces left behind. a a mystery in the baltic sea. russian natural gas pipelines to europe are damaged and d leaking. is it sabotaged? ...

Ian strengthens into a Category 4 storm as it heads towards the US state of Florida after plunging Cuba into darkness.

Where is Hurricane Ian headed next? What happened in Cuba with Hurricane Ian? Does Cuba have power back yet?

The storm approached Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, with top winds reaching 155 miles per hour

More now on hurricane ian. as we mentioned, the tampa, florida, area is getting ready for a possible direct hit. local officials warning residents this is the real deal. ian is now a category 2 storm with maximum winds of 100 miles per hour and is expected to strengthen. mandatory evacuations are underway in some parts of the tampa bay region. the eye of the storm is near the western tip of cuba. patrick oppmann joins us from havana. patrick, what are the conditions there like tonight? >> report...

Agricultural areas and what we have heard throughout the day on sunday is that people are readying their farms, are taking their livestock to areas that will be safer for them, are trying to collect crops. theres a lot of tobacco grown in this area because they know when the heavy winds and rain come in, that that is when they could lose their crops. so theyve been warned to get ready in advance of this patrick oppmann, cnn, havana. >> hundreds of thousands still in the dark in canadas eastern p...

On that later today. >> so much will fend on how much storm surge there is. need more sandbags if there is. carlos suarez, thanks so much. meanwhile, in cuba people are bracing for whats expected to be life-threatening storm surge as well. hurricane force winds come interesting as soon as tonight. cnns patrick oppmann joins us from havana. theyve seen storms like this before, im curious what the level of concern is is there now. >> reporter: people are holding their breath. this of course come...

Tobacco for cuban cigars is grown there, but if even tropical storm force winds come to havana that can lead to very bad flooding, a lot of the older buildings that have not been maintained over the years can collapse, even if tropical storm force winds. so people are concerned, they know the infrastructure here can give out, that you can have quite a bit of flooding, even in a heavy rainstorm, forgetting hurricane force rains -- or tropical storm force rain. so people are watching this very clo...