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Power outage leaves most of Puerto Rico in the dark on New Year's Eve

Headline from FOX 4 Dallas

A blackout in Puerto Rico left nearly 1.3 million clients in the dark on Tuesday as the U.S. territory began preparations to celebrate New Year’s Eve, and according to officials, it may take up to two days to restore power.

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  1. NBC4 Washington

    Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year's Eve (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    The outage has left more than 1.2 million people without power. It cause wasn’t immediately clear and it's unknown when power would be restored.

  2. New York Post

    Nearly all of Puerto Rico loses power on New Year’s Eve, leaving 1.3M residents in the dark (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark. Officials said it could take up to two days to restore power.

  3. Insider

    Puerto Rico is plunged into darkness after a huge power outage sweeps the island — and it could take 2 days to fix (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Puerto Rico is mostly in darkness as more than 1.3 million power company accounts were without electricity Tuesday. It could take two days to restore.

  4. WMUR

    Puerto Rico faces massive blackout as New Year approaches (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    A major blackout hit Puerto Rico on New Year’s Eve, affecting over 1.3 million clients as power restoration efforts begin.

  5. Delaware Public Media

    Power outage hits nearly all of Puerto Rico on New Year's Eve (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    More than 1.3 million people were plunged into darkness early Tuesday. Failure of an underground power line is believed to be the cause and repairs could take up to two days.

  6. NBC News

    Puerto Rico plunges into darkness as power outage hits more than 1.3 million customers on New Year's Eve (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Puerto Rico suffered the latest in a string of widespread power outages Tuesday that has left 1.3 million customers, some 80% of the entire island, in the dark.

  7. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Puerto Rico’s power grid collapses, leaving island in the dark | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    Puerto Ricans were without electricity early on New Year’s Eve after a grid failure left nearly all of the island without power.

  8. Latin Times

    Puerto Rico Suffers New Years Eve Blackout Leaving Nearly All Residents Without Power (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    More than 1.3 million power customers in the U.S. territory lost power on New Year's Eve.

  9. The Guardian

    Blackout in Puerto Rico after power grid collapse, leaving 1.3 million in the dark (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Nearly entire island without electricity as Luma Energy estimates it will take at least 24 hours to restore power

  10. WSVN Miami

    Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year’s Eve - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early on Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more

  11. CBS News

    Most of Puerto Rico hit by New Year (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Virtually all of Puerto Rico woke up on New Year's Eve to find there was no electricity, as a power outage hit the U.S. territory.

  12. Al Jazeera

    Puerto Rico suffers nearly island-wide power outage on New Year’s Eve (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Puerto Rico’s energy infrastructure has struggled to recover after 2017’s Hurricane Maria, a powerful Category 4 storm.

  13. KTVZ Bend

    More than 70% of Puerto Rico customers remain without power after massive outage (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Veronica Calderon, CNN en Español (CNN) — A critical failure in Puerto Rico’s power grid has caused a massive blackout affecting a large part of the island, according to a post on Gov. Pedro Pierluisi’s X account. The New Year’s Eve blackout began Tuesday morning at 5:30 a.m.

  14. The Columbian

    Puerto Rico power outage leaves almost entire island in dark (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    Nearly all of Puerto Rico was without power Tuesday after a widespread failure in the fragile electricity grid triggered an island-wide blackout.

  15. CNN

    Massive outage leaves nearly 90% of Puerto Rico customers without power (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    A critical failure in the power grid has caused a massive blackout affecting a large part of the island of Puerto Rico, according to Governor Pedro Pierluisi’s X account.

  16. FOX 4 Dallas

    Power outage leaves most of Puerto Rico in the dark on New Year's Eve (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

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    FOX 4 Dallas's feed description

    A blackout in Puerto Rico left nearly 1.3 million clients in the dark on Tuesday as the U.S. territory began preparations to celebrate New Year’s Eve, and according to officials, it may take up to two days to restore power.

  17. The Hill

    Outage leaves most of Puerto Rico without power on New Year’s Eve (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    More than 1 million Puerto Ricans are without power on New Year’s Eve as a blackout hit nearly all of the island early Tuesday morning. Nearly 90 percent of 1.47 million clients across Puerto Rico were left in the dark, according to Luma Energy, a private company that oversees electricity transmissi…

  18. Breitbart News

    Puerto Rico Crippled by Mass Power Outage on New Year’s Eve (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    A blackout darkened almost all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday morning as the U.S. territory prepared for New Year’s celebrations.

  19. FOX 5 New York

    New Year’s Eve blackout leaves nearly all of Puerto Rico without power (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    A blackout has hit nearly all of Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory prepares to celebrate New Year’s.

  20. Digital Journal

    Island-wide blackout hits Puerto Rico on New Year's Eve (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    A major power outage plunged much of Puerto Rico into darkness on New Year's Eve, with the US island territory's electric utility saying restoration could

  21. RedState

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