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About 25% of Puerto Rico remains in the dark after a massive power outage, fueling frustration over fragile infrastructure
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Puerto Rico's new governor sworn in days after a major blackout left much of the island in the dark
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Half of Puerto Rico starts the new year in the dark after massive power outage
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Puerto Rico Power Outage Leaves Almost Entire Island in Dark
Almost 90% of households in Puerto Rico were without electricity Tuesday morning after a failure in the fragile power grid ...
Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year's Eve
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ATF executes search warrant in Missouri in connection with tourist accused of setting businesses on fire in Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico suffers nearly island-wide power outage on New Year’s Eve
Puerto Rico has been immersed in darkness after a power grid failure sparked a blackout across much of the island. The outage happened in the early hours of Tuesday, the last day of 2024.
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Puerto Rico is mostly without power after a huge electricity outage swept the island — and it could take 2 days to fix
A massive blackout hit Puerto Rico ... the entire island lose power," he said. Pamplin said power wasn't the only problem during a blackout. He said water pressure in Puerto Rico is typically ...