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 ...

2. Spread the word. Despite the widespread devastation, it's not clear that Americans fully understand how Hurricane Maria affected Puerto Rico, or that the island is a U.S. territory whose ...

“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.

Private power company LUMA Energy said it could take two to three days to restore service to 90% of customers.

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 ...

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 ...

Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority did not give the grid the maintenance and investment it required. It began crumbling throughout the years, and then on Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria hit ...

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.

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 ...

It was not immediately clear why every generating plant on the island went offline Wednesday. Puerto Rico has a history of problems with its electricity supply. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from ...

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 ...

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.