Officials in Puerto Rico say power has been restored to 98.8% of customers after an island-wide blackout hit the U.S.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico this week, leaving 1.4 million customers without power ...

Puerto Rico’s governor is urging people to moderate their energy consumption and warns the island has no additional power ...

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The power outage, which began on Wednesday, was the latest to hit the island, which has long suffered from blackouts.

The outage that began past noon Wednesday left 1.4 million customers without electricity and more than 400,000 without water.

For over half a century, the island’s commonwealth status was justified by promises of security, stability and the material ...

Puerto Rico officials continue to work to help more than one million people affected by a blackout ahead of Easter weekend festivities. The massive power outage started at about 12:40 p.m. on April 16 ...

SAN JUAN, April 16 (Reuters) - Puerto Rico was hit with a massive power outage on Wednesday after energy plants across the island unexpectedly shut down, power generator Genera said. Puerto Rico ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday urged people to moderate their energy consumption as she warned that the island has no additional generation to fall back on days ...

Crews worked early Thursday to restore power to Puerto Rico after a blackout across the entire island that affected the main international airport, several hospitals and hotels filled with Easter ...