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Widespread power outages across Cuba

By Scott Bachmeier •

VIIRS Day/Night Band (0.7 µm) images from Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 on 4th December [click to enlarge]

Cuba’s largest power plant went offline around 0700 UTC on 4th December 2024 (media report), which led to a collapse of the power grid across much of the island. A toggle between VIIRS Day/Night Band images from Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 (above) provided a before/after view of nighttime city light emissions across Cuba — there was a notable decrease in city lights evident in the later NOAA-20 (mislabeled as NPP) Day/Night Band image.

Categories: NOAA-20, Suomi NPP, VIIRS