“The grid has become the poster child of the decay of the colonial system, its institutions and a very vulnerable population," Ortiz García said. Hurricane Maria knocked out power to Puerto ...

Private power company LUMA Energy said it could take two to three days to restore service to 90% of customers.

Crews were reported to be making progress restoring power to Puerto Rico after an island-wide blackout that affected the main international airport, several hospitals, and hotels filled with Easter ...

Puerto Rico’s power grid has been plagued by extensive problems since Hurricane Maria hit the island ... including that the power transmission system is fragile, hard to stabilize and outdated ...

This neglect, combined with the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria in 2017, has created a system that is highly vulnerable to failures. The privatization of Puerto Rico’s power transmission ...

Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority did not give the grid the maintenance and investment it required. It began crumbling throughout the years, and then on Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria hit ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Ten towns and cities across Puerto Rico are under a state of emergency following two weeks of heavy rain, with two people killed. Three cities — Caguas, Lares and Vega Alta — ...

That is a national disgrace." MORE: Puerto Rico's power grid is struggling 5 years after Hurricane Maria. Here's why. The blackout is the latest in a series of significant power disruptions that ...

It’s the latest in a series of outages hitting Puerto Rico since September 2017, when Hurricane Maria hit the island and damaged the power grid that crews still struggle to rebuild, the AP reported.

"Preliminary analysis points to a failure in the protection system as ... Donald Trump. Puerto Rico has struggled with chronic outages since September 2017 when Hurricane Maria pummeled the ...

Colorectal cancer diagnoses in Puerto Rico dropped significantly ... Limited healthcare access during Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, and COVID-19 likely delayed cancer detection, worsening ...

The blackout started at about 12:40 p.m. on April 16, when the Puerto Rico Governor's Office said a failure in the transmission of the electrical system ... more than 80%. Hurricane Maria in ...