This time, the storm is taking aim at the U.S. Virgin Islands, particularly St. Croix, as well as Puerto Rico. It's difficult to overstate the danger that Hurricane Maria poses to Puerto Rico ...

Crews were reported to be making progress restoring power to Puerto Rico after an island-wide blackout that affected the main international airport, several hospitals, and hotels filled with Easter ...

apparently referring to the outage. Outages have been a chronic problem for Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria destroyed a power grid when it struck the island as a Category 4 storm in September 2017.

Puerto Rico has struggled with chronic outages since September 2017 when Hurricane Maria pummeled the island as a powerful Category 4 storm, razing a power grid that crews are still struggling to ...

That is a national disgrace." MORE: Puerto Rico's power grid is struggling 5 years after Hurricane Maria. Here's why. The blackout is the latest in a series of significant power disruptions that ...

Jose Jimenez/Getty Images MORE: Puerto Rico's power grid is struggling 5 years after Hurricane Maria. Here's why. Earlier in the day, LUMA Energy said the Palo Seco plant, located just outside San ...

It's the latest in an ongoing struggle for the island since Hurricane Maria severely damaged Puerto Rico's power grid. Puerto Ricans pay twice as much for electricity as those in the U.S. mainland ...

Puerto Rico’s power grid has been plagued by extensive problems since Hurricane Maria hit the island in 2017, leaving many without power for months. Lorenzo Lopez, a spokesman for Luma Energy ...

“The grid has become the poster child of the decay of the colonial system, its institutions and a very vulnerable population," said Cecilio Ortiz García, of the University of Puerto Rico.

The blackout started at about 12:40 p.m. on April 16, when the Puerto Rico Governor's Office said ... more than 80%. Hurricane Maria in 2017 did damage to the island's power grid that persists ...

It’s the latest in a series of outages hitting Puerto Rico since September 2017, when Hurricane Maria hit the island and damaged the power grid that crews still struggle to rebuild, the AP reported.