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.

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.

Hurricane Oscar’s arrival to eastern Cuba Sunday impacted millions of residents already facing days without power, after fresh attempts to restore much of the nation’s electric grid failed. In the capital city of Havana early Monday,