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A massive blackout in Puerto Rico left more than 1.3 million power-company customers in the dark. The power company, Luma Energy, said restoring power could take up to 48 hours. It said the outage ...
A blackout in Puerto Rico left nearly 1.3 million clients in the dark on Tuesday as the U.S. territory began preparations to celebrate New Year’s Eve, and according to officials, it may take up ...
Millions are without power in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, New Year’s Eve, according to Luma Energy. The company said it could take 24-48 hours for full restoration. (Ricardo Arduengo/TNS)
A National Weather Service crew in Ceiba, in northeastern Puerto Rico, recorded a gust of 74 mph. Winds as high as 75 mph were recorded across the Virgin Islands, the weather service said. In ...
The weather is hot and humid with thunderstorms in the afternoon, especially in August and September. Trade winds bring cool summer breezes in the north and east of Puerto Rico, but due to the topography of the island, these winds do not reach the coast south and west, causing much higher temperatures than in the north.
Similar conditions affected Puerto Rico where another person drowned. [65] On several occasions, Luquillo was flooded by the surf, though no damage took place. [66] October 5–8 Rain began to pour across several parts of Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Otto, persisting for up to five days in some areas.
1970 – Caribbean–Azores hurricane struck Puerto Rico as a tropical depression, it was the wettest tropical cyclone on record to affect Puerto Rico. [90] The depression left 10,000 people homeless across Puerto Rico, [91] with 3,000 housed in emergency shelters in San Juan. [92] At least 600 houses were destroyed and another 1,000 damaged. [93]
Puerto Rico has long dealt with chronic power outages as its infrastructure crumbles. It will likely take 24 to 48 hours to turn the lights back on, "conditions permitting," LUMA said in a statement.