Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, on the newest of 2 developments
Power has been restored to 90% of Puerto Rico, according to the island's power operator, although more than 200,000 residents remained without electricity Saturday, three days after the outage began.
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Power Restored to Over 1 Million After Massive Blackout in Puerto Rico
A major power outage has hit Puerto Rico, plunging hundreds of thousands of customers into darkness after a fire erupted at one of the largest power plants in the U.S. territory
The outage was one of the biggest in recent months for the island's crumbling electrical grid, which has seen its periodic blackouts grow worse the last few years.
A fire at a power station late Wednesday plunged the U.S. territory into darkness, forcing schools and government offices to close on Thursday and frustrating residents.
Puerto Rico's power grid suffered an island-wide outage Wednesday, utility officials said, leaving an untold number of people without electric service that night and Thursday and prompting the governor to cancel school classes and tell nonessential government workers to stay home.
Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Puerto Rico were still without power Friday, two days after the start of an island-wide outage that began with a fire at a power plant.
On Thursday, a fire at a power plant in Puerto Rico left over a million people without electricity. The incident exacerbated citizens’ concerns about the state of the electric grid, which has suffered from disrepair since Hurricane Maria in 2017.
The majority of power customers in Puerto Rico who were left in the dark earlier this week following a massive blackout that affected over a million residents had their electricity restored on Saturday.
By Melissa Alonso and Aya Elamroussi, CNN Power could be fully restored in Puerto Rico by Sunday morning after hundreds of thousands of people on the island have been in the dark since a fire at a power plant Wednesday evening, officials said. As of 11:30 p.m.
Power has been restored to over 1 million customers in Puerto Rico after a fire at a main power plant caused the biggest blackout so far this year across the U.S. territory.
A private company says power has been fully restored to 1.5 million customers nearly five days after a fire at a main power plant sparked an island-wide power outage.
Power has been restored to 90% of Puerto Rico, according to the island's power operator, although more than 200,000 residents remained without electricity Saturday, three days after the outage began.
The blackout outraged and worried many on the island of 3.2 million people, including those who cannot afford generators and have medical conditions including diabetes and respiratory issues that depend on electricity for their treatments.
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