Several lawmakers in Puerto Rico are urging the governor todeclare a state of emergency to the federal government. Persistent outages have interrupted water service and imperiled the lives of elderly and ill residents who rely on electrical equipment for respirators and ...
The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane warning for Bermuda as Hurricane Ernesto heads toward the island. The storm dumped heavy rain on Puerto Rico, leaving two-thirds of homes and businesses without power.Aug 15, 2024 embed code copied ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -An estimated 349,000 homes and businesses were still without power in Puerto Rico on Wednesday after Hurricane Fiona hit on Sept. 18, causing an island-wide power outage for its 3.3 million people. PowerOutage.us, which estimates outages based on utility data, sai...
Back to September 20." Puerto Rico, home to more than 3 million US citizens, has grappled with widespread power outages for months since Hurricane Maria devastated it. Puerto Rico's power outage is now the second-largest blackout in history Puerto Rico has lost 3.4 billion customer-ho...
Ernesto becomes hurricane, causes major power outages in Puerto Rico More than 700,000 customers are without power in the U.S. territory, with power provider LUMA prioritizing restoring service to hospitals and water and sewage facilities.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Puerto Rico, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, St.
Tens of thousands of customers are still without power across Puerto Rico, a week after Ernesto swiped the U.S. territory as a tropical storm.
Several large power outages have hit Puerto Rico in recent months, but Wednesday was the first time since the hurricane struck Sept. 20 that the U.S. territory has experienced a full island-wide blackout. The outage snarled traffic across the island, interrupted classes and work, and forced...
Over a million customers in Puerto Rico have experienced intermittent power outages since Hurricane Maria, with many losing electricity this time even before Fiona made landfall. As of Tuesday morning, electricity had not been restored for an estimated 1.18 million customers. Members of a brigade o...