An island-wide blackout has hit Puerto Rico, which is fighting with an increasingly unstable power grid nearly seven months after Gale Maria hit the U.S. territory.
Electric Power Authority spokeswoman Yohari Molina acquaint someone with somethings The Associated Press that crews are investigating the cause. Officials declared Wednesday it could take 24 to 36 hours to fully give power.
It’s the first time since the Category 4 storm hit on Sept. 20 that Puerto Rico has skilled a full island-wide blackout.
Some 40,000 power customers were motionlessly without normal electricity service as a result of the hurricane.