Puerto Rico was hit with another island wide power outage, according to a Wednesday report.
The island, still struggling to recover after Hurricane Maria, is now experiencing electrical blackouts across the small territory, The Associated Press reported.
The spokesman for the Puerto Rican Power Authority says he doesn’t know what has caused the island wide power outage.
Last week, you may recall, a tree branch fell onto a powerline and cut electricity to roughly 800,00 people.
CONFIRMED:
Black out in Puerto Rico.
The entire island is without power. There is “ZERO power generation at this point”, according to a 2nd @AEEONLINE spokesmanA fault was detected on the line 50700 which starts in Aguirre Central
It may take 24 to 36 hours to restore pour
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) April 18, 2018
BREAKING: here’s the priority list that the Puerto Rico power Authority is operating under to restore power as quickly as possible:
hospitals
Luis Muñoz Marín Airport
Gas stations
banking centers
shops
residences— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) April 18, 2018
Puerto Rico also experienced a power blackout last week caused by a fallen tree on a power line, which left about 870,000 people without power. Hurricane Maria caused extensive damage to the island’s electrical grid and infrastructure.
About 100,000 people are still without power seven months after the hurricane’s devastation.
“At this point, we are so helpless and hopeless,” a San Juan resident said of last week’s power outage. “We still have so many people exposed to suffering, displacement and trauma that two hours without power is like a reminder that the problem is nowhere near to be fixed. We have just learned to live with it.”
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