Weather & Science
A Week After Fiona, Just Over Half of Puerto Rico Has Power
- Grid operator says 825,000 of 1.5M clients have electricity
- Company expects to restore 77% to 91% of power by Friday
Luma Energy workers fix utility poles following Hurricane Fiona in San Juan, on Sept. 20.
Photographer: Jose Jimenez/Getty Images
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A week after Hurricane Fiona swiped Puerto Rico, causing catastrophic flooding and knocking out power to the entire island of 3.1 million, just over half of the US commonwealth has electricity, officials said.
As of Sunday, power had been restored to more than 825,000 of the island’s 1.5 million households and businesses, or about 56%, officials from grid operator Luma Energy said during a press conference.