Tropical Storm Oscar has slammed into Cuba after barreling through the Bahamas as a hurricane. Authorities warned of flash flooding, mudslides and heavy winds as millions in Cuba are already grappling with dayslong power outages as its precarious electric grid continues to falter. In recent days the Cuban government attempted unsuccessfully four times to relaunch its electrical grid. Massachusetts Congressmember Jim McGovern called on the Biden administration to offer assistance to Cuba, posting on X, “U.S. policy has directly contributed to Cuba’s energy problems by sanctioning ships carrying oil to Cuba & starving the country of foreign exchange earnings.”