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Begin restoring power this morning. cnn's patrick ottman rode out the storm in havana. >> reporter: cuba and its 11 million inhabitants are currently in a nationwide blackout officials said late tuesday night after hurricane ian battered this island. according to officials, it damaged the island's electrical system to a degree that it led to rolling blackouts across the island and even in central eastern cuba that were not affected by the wind and the rain from hurricane ian. to the west of havana, hundreds of thousands of people are without power because electric cables and electric posts wer...

South korean authorities are fiercely condemning north korea for firing a suspected short-range ballistic missile. it was likely launched from a north korean submarine into the waters off of the eastern coast of the korean peninsula. this launch is coming just days after another ballistic missile was tested by north korea on wednesday. this one is the country's 14th missile launch this year alone, a sign that the dictator of north korea, kim jong-un, is stepping up his ballistic missile and nuclear program. so we're learning this morning at least 25 people now are dead, dozens have been hosp...

If the vaccines succeed, it is already too late. patrick ottman, cnn, havana. new zealand is reporting its first covid death in six months. a monday in her 90s who had underlying health conditions died in the hospital friday night, another person from her household has tested positive. the country also reported 20 new cases on saturday, the lowest number in two weeks. the worsening coronavirus pandemic is also one of the many challenges facing joe biden right now, that includes mixed messaging on boosters combined with the surging delta variant and a bumpy economy. we'll break down the u.s...

More bad news coming, tropical storm grace is formed and could hit haiti and when you dump rain, sustained winds of 60 miles per hour, that's going to make a life or death situation so much worse. >> thank you, patrick. allison, there are two named storms in the frregion, fred an grace. in any way, did storm activity possibly trigger an earthquake like this? >> not even 1% chance. what we want to point out is that grace will have impact on the area in the form of rain. they're going to be cleaning up, having a recovery process. the magnitude 7.0, comparisons are made to the one in 2010. even t...

Point we don't know the exact death toll. this video just into cnn shows some of the damage on the island there, buildings collapsed into rubble, streets covered in debris. the prime minister is headed to some of the hardest-hit areas now. this could be a massive test for the new leader that took office after the shocking assassination of the president last month. joining us, patrick ottman, an and allison chinchar. what are you hearing about the impact of the outbreak? >> reporter: as each hour passes by, we see new harrowing images, new accounts of dead pulled from rubble, seeing images of p...