Cuba's power grid has ground to a halt for a second time in as many days, leaving 10 million on the island without power and the Caribbean island in a growing sense of crisis.

Emily Morris, a senior research fellow at the University College London’s Institute of the Americas speaks with The World’s Host Marco Werman about Cuba’s failing power grid.

Cuba’s national grid collapsed four times in as many days last week, after the island’s largest power plant, Antonio Guiteras, failed. Millions of Cubans are still without power, with food rotting in powerless fridges and many lacking access to clean water.

Cuba's power-grid operator said it had restored electricity to most of the capital Havana on Monday even as Tropical Storm Oscar lashed the island's eastern end, downing trees and power lines. Strong winds raked the region as the storm stalled over land,

Cars drive on Havana's seafront boulevard Malecon as the country's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, according to Cuba's energy and mines ministry, in the latest setback to the government's efforts to restore power to the island,

As Cuban authorities were struggling to reconnect the country’s decrepit power grid on Sunday, a category-one hurricane barrelled into the east of the island, dumping heavy rain and lashing the area with winds.

Electricity outages have paralyzed an already-crippled economy, leading to shortages of everything from cash to running water.

Canel warned citizens there would be consequences for taking to the streets as many on the island were still without power after more than 72 hours.